PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT. 
301 
No. 
Moisture in 
air-dry peat 
AJB 8 
& 
m 
< 
O 
Fixed carbon tr* 
n 
H 
Volatile matter i M 
M 
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V. 
2 
rR 
3 
3 
m 
1 YP 
R 
<D 
bC 
o 
u 
E 
Fuel value > 
(B. T.U.) H 
CHARACTER OF PEAT. 
2.12 
6.7 
4.3 
30.4 
65.3 
i 
.482.30 
9743 
1 j Full of roots and logs, reddish 
2.21 
5.7 
7.5 
29.4 
63.1 
.24 
2.61 
9439 
f / brown and rather coarse. 
4.11 
5.5 
18.7 
27.2 
54.1 
.75 
1.95 
9025 
44 2 
6-5 
21 9 
24.5 
-53.6 
6812.53 
4889 
6.11 
8.6 
13,831.8 
54.4 
2c77 
1.89 
9095 
Decided sulphurous odor. 
6.21 
9.5 
11.432.4 
56.2 
3.13 
2.59 
9056 
Exposed to air 4 or 5 months. 
7.11 
3.4 
79.7 
6.8 
13.5 
.84 
2597 
Has sandy streaks. 
7.12 
3.5 
67.7 11.9 
20.4 
2.12 
_ 
2898 
“ “ 
8.11 
6.2 
16.5)32.9 
50.6 
2.08 
8644 
8.21 
4.2 
8.9 38.3 
52.8 
.94 
9423 
11.11 
4.6 
19.9 33.9 
46.2 
.38 
8456 
Rather sandy. 
12.11 
7.1 
36.924.8 
38.3 
.28 
6361 
Shallow and sandy. 
13.11 
7.0 
4.2*34.8 
61.0 
.30 
10424 
13.12 
7.8 
10.7 32.0 
57.3 
.40 
9364 
14.11 
8.0 
7.9 36.2 55.9 
.41 
_ 
9580 
15.11 
7.5 
3.1 33.4 63.6 
.39 
_ 
10539 
16.11 
8.4 
15.528.156.4 
.65 
i 
10561 
Very coarse and incoherent. 
17.11 
8.2 
12.4 27.5 60.2 
1.00 
_! 
9331 
18.11 
4.1 
39.3 
17.5 
43.2 
.59 
_ 
6352 
Coarse, odorless. 
18.12 
5.3 
5.1 
28.6 
66.3 
.29 
_ 1 
9502 
Very coarse, little decomposed. 
19.11 
5.4 
34.8 
16.5 
48.7 
1.21 
2.62 
6768 
a a a 6 i 
19.12 
4.9 
8.2 
25.8 
66.0 
.37 
_ 
9290 
“ “ light colored. 
19.21 
7.2i 
8.2 
32.8 
59.0 
.60 
_J 
9391 
Long exposed to air. 
20.11 
3.5 
63.5 
13.023.5 
.14 
_ 
3366 
Black and sticky, but impure. 
21.11 
7.5 
9.7 
30.5 59.8 
.30 
9414 
Coarse and full of roots, etc. 
22.11 
5.4: 
5.7 
28.0:66.3 
.40 
10181 
Brown, moderately coarse. 
23.11 
6.9! 
20.431.248.4 
2.7 
_ 
8500 
23.21 
6.8 
16.2 31.8152.0 
.41 
_ | 
8935 
24.11 
6.2 
51.4 13.4135.2 
.24 
_ 
4325 
Blackish, but very impure. 
25.11 
1.7 
50.1 
38.5 
11.4 
.09 
1202 
More like marl than peat. 
26.11 
8.2 
9.2|84.5*56.3 
.63 
_ 
9691 
Light brown above, blackish below. 
27.11 
5.6 
39.5 
26.034.5 
2.66 
Contains streaks of silt or marl. 
28.11 
9.3 
15.9 
31.2j52.9 
.42 
8269: 
Rather coarse. 
29.11 
7.5 
1.5 
30.7 67.8 
.39 
_j 
10865; 
Very coarse and pale for peat prairie. 
29.12 
7.8 
2.3 
32.0 65.7 
.28 
_ 
10548 
it it it it it U U 
30.11 
4.2 
59.4 16.9123.7 
1.51 
_ 
4237 
31.11 
11.8 
13.5 27.1 59.4 
2.50 
9000 
{ \ Brown, moderately coarse, with 
31.12 
11.1 
10.7 
30.2| 
59.1 
2.55 
| 9216 
' ' -slight sulphurous odor. 
32.11 
6.5 
39.3 
30.5 30.2 
2.08 
4111 
Full of logs and shells. 
34.11 
11.3 
14.2 
32.0*53.8 
.57 
8635! 
34.12 
13.3 
7.1 
37.2)55.7 
.29 
8388! 
35.11 
12.0 
12.4 
29.0)58.6 
.40 
8109: 
Full of logs. 
36.11 
9.4 
8.8 35.6)55.7 
.17 
10429 
Black, plastic, retentive, of water. 
37.11 
10.4 
3.4:35.461.2 
.78 
10737! 
Brown, moderately coarse. 
38.11 
10.3 
6.6 32.2 61.2 
1.10 
10512 
“ “ 
39.11 
5.9 
24.6 31.2 44.2 
.15 
8384* 
Dark reddish brown, plastic. 
41.11 
10.1 
3.9 39.0 57.1 1 
.53 
10402! 
Brown, fibrous, watery. 
42.11 
9.0 
3.9 32.5)63.6 
2.87 
— 
10048 
Coarse, fibrous, little decomposed. 
