00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.825700 CaOODSP 20250304092518 cr ||||||||||| 161012s1947 oncao||#o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- A12-8/147-1947E-PDF Swinnerton, A. A. The agricultural use of peat materials [electronic resource] / by A.A. Swinnerton and P.O. Ripley. Ottawa : Experimental Farm Service, Department of Agriculture, 1947. 15 p. : ill. Farmers' bulletin ; 147 Cover title. "Published November 1947." "A co-operative publication of the Departments of Agriculture and Mines and Resources." Issued also in French under title: Utilisation des tourbes en agriculture. Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "Peat moss is the dead fibrous moss that has been excavated from peat bogs, dried, shredded and pressed into bales or smaller packages. Its value depends upon its highly absorptive nature, and its main uses are in agriculture, for stable bedding and poultry litter, and in horticulture for soil conditioning and as a filler for commercial fertilizers. ... This bulletin has been prepared for the information of farmers, landowners and others who may be interested in the development and exploitation of peat moss for agricultural and horticultural purposes from peat bogs on their properties"--Introd., p. 5. gccst Wetlands gccst Soil quality gccst Farmlands Ripley, P. O. Canada. Department of Agriculture. Canada. Experimental Farms Service. Utilisation des tourbes en agriculture (CaOODSP)9.825704 Farmers' bulletin (Canada. Department of Agriculture : 1936) 147 (CaOODSP)9.824039 PDF 2.11 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A12-8-147-1947-eng.pdf Publication 803