" " Night Soil 68
" " Guano 69
" " Fish and other Animal Matters 70
" " Potash-lye & Soda-ash; Wood-ashes,
Shell-marl, Lime 72
" " Salt and Lime Mixture 73
" " Carbonate of Lime, Mortar, etc 75
4. The Author's Experiments with Peat Composts 77
5. Examination of Peat with reference to its Agricultural Value 81
6. Composition of Connecticut Peats 84
Method of Analysis 86
Tables of Composition 88-89-90

PART III.--ON PEAT AS FUEL

1. Kinds of Peat that Make the Best Fuel 92
2. Density of Peat 95
3. Heating Power of Peat as Compared with Wood and Anthracite 96
4. Modes of Burning Peat 102
5. Burning of Broken Peat 103
6. Hygroscopic Water of Peat-fuel 104
7. Shrinkage 105
8. Time of Excavation and Drying 105
9. Drainage 106
10. Cutting of Peat for Fuel--a. Preparations for Cutting 107
b. Cutting by Hand; with Common Spade; German Peat Knife 108
" with Irish Slane--System employed in East
Friesland 109
c. Machines for Cutting Peat; Brosowsky's Machine; Lepreux's
Machine 113
11. Dredging of Peat 115
12. Moulding of Peat 116
13. Preparation of Peat-fuel by Machinery, etc 116
A. Condensation by Pressure 116
a. Of Fresh Peat 116
Mannhardt's Method 117