PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT.

No. CHARACTER OF PEAT.
2.12 6.7 4.3 30.4 65.3 .48 2.30 9743 / \ Full of roots and logs, reddish
2.21 5.7 7.5 29.4 63.1 .24 2.61 9439 \ / brown and rather coarse.
4.11 5.5 18.7 27.2 54.1 .75 1.95 9025 4 12 6,5 2I 9 24.5 53.6 68 2.53 4889
6.11 8.6 13,8 31.8 54.4 2 77 1.89 9095 Decided sulphurous odor.
6.21 9.5 11.4 32.4 56.2 3.13 2.59 9056 Exposed to air 4 or 5 months.
7.11 3.4 79.7 6.8 13.5 .84 2597Has sandy streaks.
7.12 3.5 67.7 11.9 20.4 2.12 2898 "."
8.11 6.2 16.5 32.9 50.6 2.08 8644 8.21 4.2 8.9 38.3 52.8 .94 9423 11.11 4.6 19.9 33.9 46.2 .38 8456 Rather sandy. 12.11 7.1 36.9 24.8 38.3 .28 2 6361Shallow and sandy. 13.11 7.0 4.2 34.8 61.0 .30 10424 13.12 7.8 10.7 32.0 57.3 .40 9364 14.11 8.0 7.9 36.2 55.9 .41 9580 15.11 7.5 3.1 33.4 63.6 .39 10539 16.11 8.4 15.5 28.1 56.4 .65 10561 Very coarse and incoherent. 17.11 8.2 12.4 27.5 60.2 1.00 9331 18.11 4.1 39.3 17.5,43.2 .59 6352 Coarse, odorless.
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18.12 5.3 5.1 28.6 66.3 .29 9502 Very coarse, little decomposed. 19.11 5.4 34.8 16.5 48.7 1.212.62 6768 "
19.12 4.9 8.2 25.8 66.0 .37 .. 9290 light colored.
19.21 7.2 8.2 32.859.0 .60 9391 Long exposed to air. 20.11 3.5 63.5 13.0 23.5 .14 -- 3360 Black and sticky, but impure. 21.11 7.5 9.7 30.5 59.8 .30 9414 Coarse and full of roots, etc. 22.11 5.4 5.728.0 66.3 .40 10181 Brown, moderately coarse. 23.11 6.9 20.4 31.2 48.4 2.7 8500 23.21 6.8 16.2 31.8 52.0 .411 8935 24.11 6.2 51.4 13.4 35.2 .24 4325 Blackish, but very impure. 25.11 1.7 50.1 38.5 1.4 .09 1202 More like marl than peat. 26.11 8.2 9.2 84.5 56.3 .63 9691 Light brown above, blackish below. 27.11 5.6 39.5 26.0 34.5 2.66 Contains streaks of silt or marl. 28.11 9.3 15.931.2 52.9 .42 8269 Rather coarse.
9.11 7.5 1.5 30.7 67.8 .39 10865 Very coarse and pale for peat prairie. 29.12 7.8 2.3 32.0 6.7 .28 10548 30.11 4.2 59.4 16.9 23.7 1.51 4237 31.11 11.8 13.5 27.1 59.4 2.50 9000 Brown, moderately coarse, with 31.12 1. 10.7 30.2 59.1 2.55 9216 slight sulphurous odor. 32.11 6.5 39.3 30.5 30.2 2.08 4111 Full of logs and shells. 34.11 11.3 14.2 32.0 53.8 .57 -- 8635 34.12 13.3 7.1 37.2 55.7 .29 -- 8388 35.11 12.0 12.4 5 29.0 58.6 .40 8109 Full of logs. 36.11 9.4 8.8 35.6 55.7 .17 10429 Black, plastic, retentive of water. 37.11 10.4 3.4 35.4 61.2 .78 10737 Brown, moderately coarse. 38.11 10.3 6.6 32.2 61.2 1.10 10512 39.11 5.9 24.6 31.2 44.2 .15 -_ 8384 Dark reddish brown, plastic. 41.11 10.1 3.9 39.0 57.1 .53 10402 Brown, fibrous, watery. 42.11 9.0 3.9 32.5 63.6 2.87 10048 Coarse, fibrous, little decomposed.

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