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THE PHYSICAL DOHDITION OP SOIL 
German peat moss is frequently not properly used because 
it is not understood. 
Soil is the medium in which plants grow, just as air is 
the medium in which animals live, or water is the medium in which 
fish live. If air or water is pure, animals or fish thrive in 
their natural medium provided they have food and, in the case of 
the animals, drink. And, similar, if soil is in good physical 
condition and free ffom harmful substances, as acids or alkalis, 
plants thrive in this natural medium, provided they have proper 
food and moisture. It is evident then that such a physical con¬ 
dition of soil as will make that soil favorable to the growth 
of plants is a matter entirely separate from the question of 
plant food* 
The best physical condition of soil is invariably the 
result of the incorporation of sufficient vegetable matter with 
broken down rock, which may be in any form from fine gravel to 
clay* Norparticular kind of vegetable matter is absolutely essen¬ 
tial. Nature builds soil through the use of any kind of plant 
life which will grow'in a particular location. This plant lixe 
grows and dies during centuries of time and eventually forms an 
excellent soil medium. A farmer* with a considerable acreage, 
sows cover crops of various kinds and plows them under and, axtei 
a period of some years produces a proper physical condition of 
the soil. The great advantage of German peat moss is that, when 
a sufficient amount is thoroughly mixed with ordinary 4.irt, it 
will produce a physical soil condition almost overnight sucn as 
Nature produces during caBturies or a farmer produces over a 
period of several years. 
Soil in proper physical condition is loose and workable, 
holds sufficient moisture yet permits thorough drainage, absorbs 
moisture readily, permits the free passage of air, permits pi ar J 
roots to pass freely through it. The stickiest clay or the har¬ 
dest adobe or sand may be transformed into the finest loam by the 
proper use of German peat moss. But remember - use enougji_an^ 
mix it thoroughly with the soil from the top down. Use plant 
food too if the soil is not fertile but don't confute the need 
of vegetable matter with the need of fertiliser. 
German peat moss is absolutely pure vegetable matter,. 
containing no substance detrimental to plant life and no foreign 
matter. It will stand up longer in the soil and will hold more 
moisture than any other known form of vegetable matter. 
