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SOIL SURVEY OF BUFFALO COUNTY. 
the wild grass is frequently cut for hay, and this is the extent of 
the present agricultural use of this soil. 
In a number of the Peat areas reclamation is practicable. 
When properly handled the Peat should yield good crops of corn, 
timothy, and alsike clover, and even small grains can be grown 
successfully. 
None of the Peat soil has been artificially drained, its agri¬ 
cultural use being confined to pasture and production of hay. 
Chemical Composition and improvement of Genesee soils and 
Peat. 
