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HO7/ TO USE GRANULATED GERMAN PEAT MOSS 
as the basis of a rich organic Fertiliser. 
One Way■ Break up a bale of Peat Moss thoroughly, so 
that no lumps are left. This is done by cutting the wires, 
removing the battens, and then beating the peat down with a rake, 
another way is to rub the peat through a ^’4-in. mesh screen. 
Then moisten the peat with as much water as it will absorb. If 
liquid manure is available for this purpose, so much the better. 
Leave the heap of moistened peat for a few days to give it time 
to soak and swell, then moisten it again. 
The peat which should now be in a crumbly .condition, is 
then spread over the bed to be treated about one inch thick and 
mixed as thoroughly as possible with the soil by raking or hoeing 
it in. 
7/hen using Peat Moss as a soil improver in the Autumn it 
is helpful to add 15 lbs. of Basic Slag and 15 lbs. of Kainit. 
If Peat Moss is used in the Spring, add 20 lbs. of Nitro-phoska 
instead. In each case these quantities of fertiliser are per 
bale of Peat Moss used. 
A Better Way is the making and use of Peat Moss-compost. 
After a bale of Peat Moss has been broken up as suggested above, 
add 11 lbs. of Calcium Cyanamide, 15 lbs. of Kainit and 15 lbs. 
of Basic Slag. Mix these well in with the peat and add as much 
water as it will absorb. This moist peat mixture is then placed 
in a heap of triangular section about 4 ft, wide at the base, 
and 2 ft. high. Beat it together firmly with a spade and cover 
with about three inches of good soil. Leave the peat to stand 
for at least four weeks. If it is made in the Autumn, it can 
stand all through the Winter. 
The next thing to do is to turn over this peat-compost 
heap with a spade in such a way that the soil covering it is 
thoroughly mixed in with the peat. Then build it into a new 
triangular heap, hollow out a channel along the ridge, and pour 
water into this channel to moisten the compost again. Cover the 
heap with not more than two inches of soil again in order to 
prevent evaporation. Three weeks later turn the entire heap 
over again with a spade, when the material will be ready for use. 
You will now have a rich peat manure , dark in colour, and having 
the structure and smell of a good compost. 
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The heap can be built up and treated in the place where 
it is to be used. 
From one bale of peat Moss, 41 lbs. of fertiliser, about 
90 gallons of wafer and about 12 cu.ft. of soil, a heap of rich 
compost, about 10 feet long-is obtained,- sufficient to fertilise 
an area of 1000 sq.feet. 
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