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Excerpt from Character and Treatment of Swamp or Muck Soils
In a true swamp soil such as this Bulletin treats of, the peaty mat? Ter is frequently found throughout the Province from one to several feet deep, and in various stages of decomposition. Some of the samples of soil sent to this laboratory for analysis showed that decay had proceeded far enough to give it a good physical condition. While others consisted almost wholly of partially decayed wood and plants of such a nature that when drained it dried out too much. And. Because of the coarseness of its texture, could not lift water by capillarity from the abundant supply lying immediately below. 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.
