Download or read book Factors and Problems in the Selection of Peat Lands for Different Uses Classic Reprint written by Alfred Paul Dachnowski and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Factors and Problems in the Selection of Peat Lands for Different Uses It is estimated that approximately of the acres of wet land in the United States are of potential economic importance.1 The question whether the utilization of these peat lands is economically practicable is of special interest in the States bordering the Great Lakes and those on the Gulf Coastal Plain, and the rest of the country, concerned with the growing needs of a grow ing population, is showing an increasing interest in the problem. For an economically sound solution of the problem, agriculture and other industry must have a fuller knowledge of the nature of the peat lands and must deal with them according to that knowledge. It is essential that the problem be seen as a Whole, or at least broadly, so that the relationship among the various conditions and factors which must be coordinated and controlled in the future utilization of the peat lands may be understood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Factors and Problems in the Selection of Peat Lands for Different Uses written by Alfred Paul Dachnowski-Stokes and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pp. 21.
Download or read book Peat Land in the Pacific Coast States in Relation to Land and Water Resources Classic Reprint written by Alfred Paul Dachnowski-Stokes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Peat Land in the Pacific Coast States in Relation to Land and Water Resources The field work had for its primary object a study of the physical features of the various peat areas on the Pacific coast. It included the identification of the several layers of organic material that constitute a peat deposit and examination of conditions per taining to agricultural development, the production of commercial peat products, and water supplies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Handbook on the Winning and the Utilization of Peat Classic Reprint written by A. Hausding and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Handbook on the Winning and the Utilization of Peat Notwithstanding the many excellent journals and handbooks devoted to peat which have been published on the Continent, the author felt that a new edition of his book was required to serve as a guide for those who are interested in the winning and the utilization of peat in Germany. If this want were felt abroad, how much more so should it be experienced here, where no such journals or handbooks exist! 'no apology is therefore required for the publication of this translation of a work which has earned for itself a high reputation amongst German readers. The circumstance that the translation was carried out during the period of the late war, when collaboration between the trans lator and the author was impossible, may perhaps have led to an occasional misunderstanding, but these, if any, should be very few in number, since the translator has in all cases adhered as closely as possible to the letter and the spirit of the author's text. It may reasonably be expected that this edition will prove very useful to those about to engage in the development of our peat resources. The translator would like to point out, however, that the estimates for the cost of winning peat by the various methods here described should be accepted with great reserve. Fluctua tions in our labour market, uncertainty of our climate in com parison with that of Germany, and variations in the transport facilities for different localities, will greatly affect the cost of the product, which ought to be considered de 110110 in every particular case. In places where coal or lignite can be obtained at cheap rates, the replacement of these by peat as a fuel for household or indus trial purposes will not in general be remunerative. In peat districts remote from coal-mines, however, peat can be converted, in a commercially successful manner, into a fuel capable Oi replacing coal for all the purposes for which the latter is used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Grades of Peat and Muck for Soil Improvement Classic Reprint written by Alfred Paul Dachnowski-Stokes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Grades of Peat and Muck for Soil Improvement In a more recent publication the peat deposits of the United States have been broadly divided into three major groups, differing in important characteristics and regional relationships to surface vegetation, climatic conditions, and time relations. The geographic limits established for each group must necessarily be arbitrary, and each group unit includes areas of peat of a transitional character. A generalized map of these regions is reproduced in figure 1. The maj or groups of peat land are distinguished from each other as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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