and ANSWERS 
How can I unerringly distinguish a 
quality peat moss from a peat moss 
of a doubtful or poorer quality? 
It’s sometimes difficult unless you are experienced. 
Peat moss of good quality and grade must have a 
high water-absorbing capacity, a moderately high 
content of cellulose, and a relatively low amount 
of woody material and ash. Avoid using peats 
mixed with large amount of stringy fibrous tufts, 
and other impurities. Likewise, peat dried to a 
too low moisture content loses its water absorbing 
capacity to a very marked degree, rendering the 
product less fit for use. The pages of this leaflet 
will help you conceive a Standard Rating scale, 
which with practice will enable you to choose your 
peat moss just as skillfully as you have long since 
learned to select your food. Apply these tests and 
if still doubtful, write to our laboratory department. 
isn’t the claim of “high quality” for 
peat moss over-emphasized and 
superficial—merely stressed to jus¬ 
tify a little more profit? 
The U. S. Dept, of Agri. bul. No. 167 says: “Lately 
large quantities of lower grade and moist moss peat 
are being sold on our market. Unless the material 
is graded with a suitable range of differentiation of 
quality, the better product cannot command a price 
in keeping with its quality.” This is recognition 
that people are being fooled into using substitutes 
for quality peat moss. Profit from this authorative 
information and avoid dissatisfaction. 
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What assurance have / that i am 
getting the best peat moss? 
Buy your peat moss from a dependable dealer. See 
that the bale is marked: “Made in Germany” or 
“A product of Holland.” The experience of users 
over a long period of time has shown that this 
imported peat moss is long lived and dependable—- 
and, it’s judged the best and most effective peat 
moss by an impartial inspection service bureau. 
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