The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-05

upward OF the Slain" and out comes the
Peat In q smoothly cut long brick. one turn
on a turf sled on the EroHnd at aPst'sS
SIDE. Brick after brick OF peat Is CLOSELY
Pe SssSi IN neat rows on the sled by the
swing and a turn Of his slain" and never
touches the peat with his hands. Wher
nnaIly the sled Is loaded IL is drawn on by
for -, s ~ h9rss' another sled being lef'
The man with the sled drives the hors,
70 a place in the meadows, which has beer
cleared. and there he. with assistance. IN
Ioaes II brick by brick and spreads 4 ouI
on me ground In rows 70 dr.. At tins stag,
oI Shs process the peat IL very wet AMI oily
snu the blocks must be handled with ear
or they will break.
HOW THEY ARE UNLoADED.
80 Ihey are unioaded one at a timc. the
Eorkmen taking a block in tive haass eu1
putting their hands under m. much as h
me- eeTe handling a baby, and then gently
lying u length down on the ground. IN
For a week the peat remsins drying lus,
49, ~nsu ~ IS turned and dried on the
Stner SIDE. At the. end CT two weeks ali
end IN piles Of six. for a ma week OF
CRYING This drains out any possible SHter
% M ume the blocks have shrunk a little
anu are dry and hard and ready FOR use.
station pumping
process the water does not seem 10 sfeet
me peat az eH-the composition. when mar
uany dneo IL undoubtedly too porous 10
absorb IL When thoroughly dried tbs 1csf
a piece OF charred Mood as much
as anything. and though hard n il tof
sehd' put can be easily broken and crum-
The output OF each man in the hog f.
80 ~ coros or peat a day. There are
aoout three cords Of peat In a ton. The cost
me Pfoouet per ton to deliver al the
pumPlng station near by is 81 II can he
reaoliy seen that It Will feed enGfncs - =
az I've a. a considerable less cost than coal
~SheSpness IL only one Of Its advantages
E9uaIy important Is the fact thar n re-
breaking a piece into small nIecss M 5GS .
ing them on the paper under az 49,
when the fire is laid. When HSbtaS n
heat an oven or boil q kettle IN raj, az
time that coal VIII. IN hat the
Aha II burns out as readily as Il burns up.
there Is no necessity OF Eesn,nr N so Jn
Mhen y Is not needed. II. on the contrary
an ~ ~ gay and night fire IS desired. the peat
~ msnt can be covered with ashes go
ga1s 10 blaze into a bright Are IN he
by removing the ashes ana simply
applying 10 u d match
SSSEs FURTHER THAN COAL.
a ton OF peat goes much further than n
Ton OF coal. say those who are noar mains ~
wes Dog can only be dug in mild
the peat brittle. and II Is lmposSibie
SGt II without 6 all falling to pieces.
theoretically worked. though nv ~ 1ssns
~ proportion 10 its supply. for. the owner
"a 80 lar only thought OF peat as a thing
lor nls own consumption.
-his NsW Jersey peat bog Il not the oniy
~ ~ me country. Recently. in Melrose.
Mass an Old army officer. Mr.. John 81
10 bscS Uscosered that he had a peat bog IN
~ 9aek YARD II must be a pretty big back
saau IOr II covers four acres. hut ne no
1gGnt eEsnes " were many times as large
tnls DOG, which Mr.. Simonds Is now turn
~ 70 ms own use, has been operated before
on q larss scale. for many years ago
ne boston and Maine Railroad ran All ffs
ensines WITH peat ding from the Melrose
hsaooHs- 1hey did not rely on hand work.
~ usSu 3 machine. which squeezed the
elear OF water as Il was cut ana 1;
.heretcre dried quickly.
announcer peat operation Is being carried IN
~ = Boston nrm. which manufacturer ne
Loie1m on rom peat and owns thousnnds
u acres o. bog land IN sydney q n
lney esImate the cost OF setting up q plant
y a0lut Sfl.Vp. 50 a comparatively small
,o~n5deration. "' VI" eHesi
II tales be true. It wasn't only the sons
y Etth "no cut peat IN this country IN the
10 aays. TOT tradition has 1t that the .soas
y merry knew a good thing when they
u ana many a hero OF lexington
IIeen NAG sWung a slain" on .he MelTose
pSat Dog oefore he shouldered A musket.