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years ago to dig this peat and use it as fuel. In places 

 much moss covers the surface in the eastern swamp, and has 

 been gathered by florists for packing plants. 



Again, north and northeast of Canastota is an extensive tract 

 known as Cowaselon swamp, which has been drained by the 

 construction of the Douglass ditch. This affords an excellent 

 section of the material underlying the surface and shows much 

 muck underlain by marl of variable thickness. The area is in 

 places covered by a thick tree growth so that the muck contains 

 many fragments of decaying wood. The soil is extensively culti- 

 vated for onions. 



Many marshy tracts are found along the shores of Oneida 

 lake. Among these may be mentioned the following localities: 

 west of South Bay, on the land of D. Pack; on the north side of 

 Oneida lake around Toad harbor; at the eastern end of the lake, 

 north and south of Sylvan Beach. 



The foregoing localities have been mentioned chiefly for the 

 purpose of pointing out the more important areas in which 

 marshes and bogs exist, and something of the character of the 

 material found in them, but not because they are all supposed 

 to contain peat. 



There is a peat bed on the farm of Heman Glass, on the Ridge 

 road, \ mile west of Lake avenue, near Rochester, covering about 

 30 acres.- The peat and muck are 2 to 4 feet deep. Three 

 miles west of this is another small peat swamp, while a larger 

 one is in the town of Gates about 4 miles west of the city. 



Mr D. L. Mott, of Utica, states that in the town of Sanger- 

 fleld there is a tract known as the " Nine mile swamp." The 

 material is quite deep, but is probably not all peat. 



According to Mr W. S. Valiant of Rutgers College, many small 

 bogs occur in the town of Rome. 



One of the best deposits is that known as the Rome swamp, 

 which shows the following section: 



Swamp muck, 3 to 5 feet 



Peat, 3 to 6 feet 



Moss peat, 8 to 12 inches 



Shell marl 2 to 4 inches 



