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The alue of 
PEAT MOSS for plants 
• How to use PEAT MOSS 
(Reprint from Garden Digest, May 193 4.) 
W ITH the replacement of horses by motor cars and the increasing 
demands of commercial gardeners for manure, the home 
gardener often finds it difficult to obtain supplies of manure for 
his garden. Then, there are many who prefer a substance which 
is less odorous and less inclined to be polluted with weed seeds. 
The manufacture of artificial manure from litter and straw by 
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methods devised by agricultural experiment stations has been widely 
advocated and practised with a good deal of success. This consists 
of the addition of chemical ingredients to a pile of decaying vegetable 
matter with the object of aiding decomposition by furnishing the 
needed nutrients to the bacteria which bring about decomposition. 
Peats and mucks offer an excellent substitute for manure and 
are gradually coming into their own as our knowledge of soils and 
their fertility is becoming more accurate. Peat acts as a soil 
improver, as a source of additional nutrients, as a 
water holder and also serves as a medium for prop¬ 
agation of roots and bulbs. 
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