New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-08

almost as well as wood in piles.
Wedo not see anything aid to the above cost unless
1t is interest upon fixtures the OF which may be es.
mated al for establishment running two miles nsau
% one; .
ToI tnE'n' s se' VI ~, 40
nroration and soltng Up with shanng and fix. oo
Hurdle. barrows and tool. ig9
Bnidi5s To- shelter mills aud engine. with sufficient
stoc-ioom shop, and 6heda h.vo
All other contingencies d"
Total
At Lexington the condensed peat sells readily at the
works Of both the peat companies at y iun boih %
pryate families and extensive manufacturers OF iroh Wofk
aud for various purposes, IN competition with coal Nc
about $40 - At the lowest rate coa hes ever been sold
in Boston think peat would compete successfully az u
would be taken readily OF a. tun, and 1T his with labor
al ~ O day would make vory profitable business. III
ou opnion condensed peat viii Ne sold IN various places
before The end Of 10 yoas prices low that the vae
Of coal viii be materially affected. IL certainly can be
made profitable at s. un. the laboers may be such
a. cannot command high wages on account OF any s or
proficiency IN The work except perhaps the peat tniif
ard his j. skill easily acquired by any stronghandcd
man. An engineer who understands machinery Wen
enough keep IL in good running order, should be en-
ploycd in all inland places and such one can be haa Tor
IL j. possible that sonoboIy will invent some process Of
drying peat economically by artificial heat; but think
that sunshine and wind vii always be found The cheapest
driving agents. They cost nothing The only cost u IN
Spreading OFT tho material whee son and wind can set
upon H. Bear In mind shat We have SAID beloic, rnin
does no injury TO the dying peat u only reiard The
tars II but te the peat after It has begun 90 harden
does mot ady absorb water.
PREPARING PRAT PoB FAMILY UsP.
Mr.. Wool whose name We have before mentioned
Gays: In lOplcy County ~ EsseS Mass, he years
1859 and 1870 dug aud cured enough or the supply Of
one IRE for clinap P1rpos,5 ami to ~.Io ineshane'
makiugsx miles travel each day prepared The ground by
taking on the surface soil dug yheea Oh ana sl,ell
wces The subsequent work 90 NJ for the wooi-house
or market wcsld hot be tan one day Az lbs tools
had should want 20 do TIE same work again, vssa
wheel-benow, spade, slane, and knife simila. 70
hay knife Most Of the peat ground hat was painted
with .oycrdd With soil producing coarse via gHss
10 remove the top soil, We cut n into nares 'eArh
10 handle Then ont under, md with fork took II on, and
below we have a smooth SUFFICE OF peat.
"1hp b,de mus be kept as sharp q. ascyheTaticuef!
inches long and as e ground was bard, were lad upon
whc,lDauOw, md VLe,lcd OF rnd sprt ad by my own
hands. u would b. more economical 70 have one 20 sesi
and one 10 d usir 40 Whcclbauows IL the ground is
or Tho peal mus, Dc carried OF on Land barrows, and
SOMETIMES 10 great dsancc. BY skfniy handling tho
wheelbanows the blocks can be tilted OIL without touch
Ing hands 10 ibbm The wheel OF The DarOW sloud DC
about feet high, 20 work Neu IN uihin8 Oh te iolu
In regard to the value of peat sOme persons rated " rs
high as wood o'he not eccount OF ts producing 20
much ashes But a. science AID experience mas taught u
o v,ue of ashes fert lizer think that viii be no
OBJECTION where manure IS consid ration, Peai should
be dug In June 70 give il time 20 dry In atou''ton or
twelve DAYS after the weather being eood u should DC
turned and N about two weeks more pile Up cob house
fhon as wo used TO call a. and before the Fall rains, II
should 20 10 market the wood-h0use. Peat makes hot
fires and answers for al culinary purposes ohe roo OF
ground make, about three cords 33 cubic feet when cut
2sincles deep In digging peat should prefer TO have
water within eight or inches OF the surface Any one
who has peat ground need not suffer for We wood he
will GET him spade, WhoobauOw and knife, ana knows
how and will use hein. think could get my iro wood
As oasy from peat meadow il good and handy by ds
conld from wood pile ~ the door, drawn mp sled scngth
There are different qualities OF peat tho same athere
Of wood" - o 49,
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Within .,st os the residence - mo writer, in West.
chester County sr.een mics north Of the City Hall Of
NewYork, thcre is ve.yseb deposit OF peal, upon Tneh
halfa-dozen lish and S|mon gro ho' Jun, IeOo az
work digging and drying peat which 4. of excellent quail
y aud great dcph-oyer 20 feet. Heavy aicess were
dig through tho swamp several years sinoe N order q dry
II for cultivation. and corn Is now growing upon eoulq
that would yield ton thousand tuns OF peat TO the acre,
which would DO valuable than oil tho profits upon
corn growing -
preferug to have hc water remain near the snriacc.
While tho deposit IS wet IL decomposes very slowly and
edhcrs together closely that the blocks can be cut end
handled In this bog it is not only necessary to remove
the sod which shows nauru separation between ana
the peat bat to take oil foot OF so IN Of what
would make IN machine excellent fuo but here whore
IT is the best drained the upper portion has become ma
Bile aud can not be cut Out in blocks and Is therefore
wasted In working this bog by machinery, and by
company owning land along down the stream for half
mile or more tho whole could be easily drained ~ or W
feet deep and al the labor expended 10 carrying the
peat off In baoWs cOuld be done In or horse carts
wHRRK Plat j. 10 BE POUND.
Genorally speaking, wherever fresh water swamp Is
known In Now England and other Northern States there
neat may found sometimes In valuable workable BEDS
sometimes 80 oyoIgown with swamp trees and bushes or
so mixed with wash from tho hills as TO destroy It's
workable value Frequently, however, the trees VIII DO
found TO spread oil their roots the surface OF the peat
and not in H. and are smost-as readily skinned on as the
grass roots of sod Sometimes where the wood has been
cut long enough for the sumps 10 decay the debris OF the
free will be found converted into peanot quite as coed
as moss peat yet capable Of being condensed into valuable
fuel. ,
Many old farmers remember basins, sometimes on the
highest part Of their land which they speak Of as having
grown up They have grown up with plants that decyng
for ages where they grew have formed beds OF peat We
know such peat bed upon the "back bone OF Long
Island where the poat ha been measured 40 feet deep
At moderate expense II could be drained to the bottom
We do not know any has yet thought OF converting
this great deposit Into fuel.
Wherever basin Is formed and hled with water. and
gradually grown up with aquatic plants, working III from
the shore there is found bed of peat Whoever has
such one, LOT him try its value tot fuel.
PEAT IN MAINE.
Dr. G. T. Jackson who made geological survey OF
Name for the state authorities, names many localities
where the peat may be worked with great advantage Some
of the deposits which he examined were 70 icet Thick
based upon whe sand az the best OF which are along
the OF railroads. lie notices some OF these ren de-
posts in Bangor Thomaston, Limerick and Waterorl.
o found who had used peat for years as dones-
tic fuel well for making steam, with the greatest
success m
Thomaston Re. Is the place where imlenso quantities
0. limo burpcd, aqt nr. skso1 tala tas peas msT