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Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Sulfur Nitr. Calories Moist- 



Swedish coal.. 78 5.1 14.8 .8 1.3 75 13.5 



English steam 



coal 81 5.2 11.5 1 1.3 80 7.6 



English gas 



coal 87 5.2 5.5 1 1.3 87 1.7 



English coke 



coal 87 4.9 4.1 1 -1 86 1.4 



Welsh anthra- 

 cite 91 3.5 3.5 1 1 86 2 



It is said that, while the Swedish committee expressed a. 

 favorable opinion as to the value of peat fuels, namely peat 

 briquets, peat coal, and peat dust, still the peat coal was pro- 

 nounced to be economically short of what it was claimed to be ? 

 for it was found that 16$ of the heat value of the peat was lost 

 in the process of carbonization, and, furthermore, that the pro- 

 cess of manufacture was so expensive that peat coal could not 

 compete with other coal. Attempts have been made to utilize 

 peat charcoal for iron manufacture, but one great objection is 

 its low strength and also the occasional presence of phosphates. 



Moss litter. This term is applied to the material consisting of 

 the matted roots and stems of dead mosses, which have decayed 

 but little or not at all (pi. 33). It forms a layer between 

 the growing moss on the surface and the fully formed peat 

 underneath, and may often be several feet in thickness. On ac- 

 count of its high absorptive power for gases and liquids, it has 

 found wide application as a deodorizer and disinfectant. The 

 following partial analyses, taken from bulletin 49, Fertilizers as 

 Sold, by T.McFaiiane, Laboratory Internal Revenue department, 

 Ottawa, show the composition of the material. 



Moisture 



Light colored moss, Caledonia Springs 10 



Dark colored moss, same place 11.6 



Peat, same place 10.95 



Surface moss, Mer Bleu, at Eastman's. 10.85 



Moss litter, Welland Co., bog 3.85 



Peat under preceding 5.3 



Ash 



Nitrogen 



1.6 



2.95 



2.7 



2.23 



3.9 



2.94 



2.8 



.71 



4.7 



1.51 



4.85 



1.41 



