The Soil 



Turf is used as a fuel. If such soil is to be 

 used it must first be cleansed by drying and 

 lightened by weeding and by the addition of 

 sand and marl. Lime must be supplied to 

 promote and complete the decomposition of 

 vegetable matter. Turf lands may be re- 

 cognised by the sphagnum, a. great moss 

 which grows with its root under water, and 

 the cotton grass, bearing tufts as soft to the 

 touch and as white as the finest silk. 



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