1907.] 



Utilisation of Peat Land. 



Per Cent. 



Character of Soil. 



Kitrogen. 



Potash. 



Phosphoric 

 Acid. 



Lime. 



Light loamy sand 



0-048 



0-035 



0*026 



0-039 



loam 



o' 151 



0*440 



0-125 



0-550 



Heavy loam 





0* 665 



o- 178 



2' 028 



Calcareous sandy loam ... 



o' 172 



O' 



o" 180 



10*048 



Samples of soil from low moor- 











land {flachmoor). 











t rom -Laibacner JYloor 



2-15 



0*14 



O ' 22 



3 °3 



, , Galicia ... ... ... 



3'3 X 



0 ' 10 



o* 30 



9 00 



, , Galicia ... ... ... 



1 * 96 



(J Uo 



°*47 



u ou 



Northern Tyrol 



2-89 



0'15 



o'37 



5-23 



Samples of soil from upland 











moor {hochmoor). 











From Leopold's Moor, near 











Salzburg 



1 '46 



O* 12 



0-08 



0*50 



From Ibm Moor, near Salzburg 



0-63 



0-13 



0'02 



0-57 



Freundsheim, Tyrol (a 









mixed moor) 



1 * 18 



C26 



0-08 



I *04 



From Gutenbrunn, in Lower 











Austria ... 



1 '52 



0'20 



o- 20 



o* 56 



Character of Soil. 



Quantity Contained in 1 Hectare of Surface 

 20 cm. Deep, in Kilos. 



Nitrogen. 



Potash. 



Phosphoric 

 Acid. 



Lime. 



Light loamy sand 



1,440 



1,050 



780 



1,170 



loam 



4,530 



13,200 



3,75o 



16,500 



Heavy loam 



9,750 



i9,95o 



5,340 



98,400 



Calcareous sand}' loam ... 



5,160 



9,990 



5,400 



314,400 



Samples of soil from lozv moor- 











land ( fackmoor). 











From Laibacher Moor ... 



11,103 



723 



1,136) 



18,746 



,, Galicia 



14,789 



446 



i,340 



44,o54 



Galicia 



io,752 



439 



2,578 



4,717 



Northern Tyrol 



15,067 



782 



1,929 



27,266 



Samples of soil from upland 











moor {hoch?noor). 











From Leopold's Moor, near 











Salzburg 



2,609 



214 



143 



893 



From Ibm Moor, near Salzbuig 



1,670 



345 



53 



1,511 



,, Freundsheim, Tyrol (a 









mixed moor) 



4,689 



1,033 



3i8 



4,133 



From Gutenbrunn, in Lower 











Austria ... ... ... ... 



2,535 



333 



333 



i,434 



