REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND STATE GEOLOGIST 1901 r89 



Lake mud, 1 to 2 feet 



Coarse and fine gravel, 1 to 3 feet 



Hard pan, 18 to 20 feet 



These bog deposits range from 1 or 2 to 40 feet in thickness. 



Some of the muck has been used as a compost and has greatly 

 improved the character of sandy soils in that vicinity. 



Attempts were made at Rome some years ago to manufacture 

 peat fuel from the bog deposits, but the factory burned up and 

 was never rebuilt. 



One mile south of Rochester Junction is a deposit of peat on 

 the land of W. A. Keyes. 



There are several deposits of peat, or muck, on the farm of 

 William Newton, near Henrietta, Monroe co. In some the 

 depth is over 12 feet. They are used in most cases for raising 

 celery and onions. Mr Newton states that 50 years ago the 

 material was rotten wood, leaves and other vegetable matter, 

 which was not decomposed enough to have the appearance of 

 soil. 



Extensive marshes exist near Mendon pond 3 to 4 miles from 

 here. Some of these are getting quite solid in places, and in 

 other places there appears to be a thick turf covering the water 

 of the pond. On the farm of H. O. Dikeman of this town there 

 are also several swamps. In one the section beginning at the 

 top showis: 



Soil 4 feet 



Mosses and ferns 1J feet 



Leaves, twigs, rotten wood 3 feet 



Peat 4 feet 



Shell layer ~ " ' 



Mr E. P. Clapp of North Rush, states that in the town of Rush 



there is one bed of several acres, but it lies in an old drainage 



channel. 



Bibliography 



Bach, A. Peat Fuel. Inst. Civ. Eng. Proc. 1900-1. V. 147. 

 Baskerville, C. Am. Chem. Soc. Jour. 21:706. 

 Bjorling, P. It. Colliery Guardian. 80:1127, 1183, 1294; 81:21. 

 Borntrager, H. Zur Analyse des Torfes.-Zeit, fur anal. chem. 1900. 

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