Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-15
PEAT FUEL POSSIBILITIES

s.ed and mixed with water until the
combination has about the consistency
| of tar or thick paint. This mixture Sc
| discharged by the machine in ribbons
! three or four inches thick, with Just
I enough consistency to retain It's shape
while drying in tho open air. When
ar drying IS complete, the resultant
| slabs have their moiIture contsu, re-
ducef to 3 per cent or less. In this
slab form IL can ie used as fuel 70 the
home Of IN factories. but when - .7
EroIrd up and made into atomiEsI
iuel still better results are obtained.
Much Money In Peat
1t IS rEured that TINS fuel peat. com
mercially dry and loaded on cars FOR
delivery, will cost only ii.to per ton.
IL is hoped that the cost will never run
| ABOVE ~ por ton. Then. II the whole
peat supply In the United states we're
/ valued At 4 selling nrlce OF {3s per
ton, 70 include a profit for producing
Il and transportR lion charges. the total
/ wealth represented IN the peat bed
| OF the country is the stupendous sum
| OF si6.d'5 ,1v5,0l-i. Inc deposits tn Min
| nesota alone would represent ;.4.soo.-
| orNoc0. sum almost equal To the cost
ef the World War to the United
| States
Where the peat deposit IL only Ave
feet thick. the Yield Of peat Is a thou
sand tons Of commercially dry peat 70
I
| northwest OF Dulutn the peat deposit
| rs ninety feet thick. which means thst
I the yield will be IA 0o0 tons. The Gar
nett process enables one machine 20
| neat fuel in an hour. Other machines
are IN process OF development, soma
| Of them In use. One madhine is de-
/ signed especially 'or mahinE the PEAT
/ into hriquettnE for home use. This usa
Of peat is leading 70 the installation OF
/ IH Hf.4a
where there II no great amount OF
commercial use fos peat. but where
| households make 1 market for the
fuel. saving freight charges BY dig
/ SiuE u close TO where II Is TO he used
| Peat fuel can and viii be used in sal
| producers for IL icvclopes gas easily
and regularly and this process allows
/ the saving OF the valuable hy-prod-
/ ucts that the pest contains. Some OF
these arc ammonium suiphatA rrao-
sote petroleum. oils. asphalt and char
coal Tho Europeans, particularly the
Germans. have developed this phare
under the pressure Of necessity due to
the loss OF former coal fields In fact,
the report Is that .hey are now doing
about everything economically with
peat that they once did with coal
Nor Is this the limit Of this unused
wonder worker. The black hum!fed
peat makes hne cattle feed after be-
ins dried down and screened. This
rouShsEe for the high power feeds
made from the reslsueE from beet and
SUGAR rehneries and Il Is very easily
digegted. Peat is also used aR
fertilizer hller and absorbent OF the
more volltiio constituents II has
steady market for This purpose. And n
Is to be remembered that the burning
Of peat for fuel win make for cleaner
homes and cities. Peat produces very
little smoke and I small reslduum of
fertilizer ash when Is mighty good for
the garden.
Mr.. Richardson, whose government
work makes him n close student of tho
Ereat laboratory " all out-of-donrz.
has talked and pleaded for consldera-
tion for the peat wealth for many
years. Now he feels confident and
comfortable. The peat movement is on
and. apparently, q hfs come to stay
and develop quickly into a vast in
dustry