 | Geology - 1838 - 538 pages
...consider my peat grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm, more valuable than my wood lots for fuel, and more than double the value of an equal number of acres of my uplands, for the purposes of cultivation. In addition to these, they furnish an inexhaustible supply of the most... | |
 | Maine. Geological Survey (1836-1839) - Geology - 1839 - 744 pages
...consider my peat grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm, more valuable than my wood lots for fuel, and more than double the value of an equal number of acres of my uplands, for the purposes of cultivation. In addition to these, they furnish an inexhaustible supply 17 In the first... | |
 | Rhode Island Geological and Agricultural Survey, Charles Thomas Jackson - Agriculture - 1840 - 330 pages
...to see how important it is that the farming community should have more information on this subject. In the first place they are valuable for fuel. I have...twenty years past resorted to my peat meadows for fuel. These, with the pruning of my fruit trees, and the brush from my uncleared lands, have given me my... | |
 | Rhode Island. Geological and Agricultural Survey, Charles Thomas Jackson - Science - 1840 - 336 pages
...consider my peat grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm, more valuable than my wood lots for fuel, and more than double the value of an equal number of acres of my uplands, for the purposes of cultivation. In addition to these, they furnish an inexhaustable supply of the most... | |
 | Henry Colman - Agriculture - 1841 - 586 pages
...grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm. They are more valuable than my wood lots for fuel, more than double the value of an equal number of acres of upland for the purposes of cultivation, and in addition to these, they furnish an inexhaustible supply... | |
 | Richard Cowling Taylor - Coal - 1848 - 928 pages
...consider my peat grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm; more valuable than my wood lots for fuel, and more than double the value of an equal number of acres of my uplands, for the purposes of cultivation. In the first place, they are valuable as fuel. I have for twenty years... | |
 | Richard Cowling Taylor - Coal - 1855 - 658 pages
...consider my peat grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm; more valuable than my wood lots for fuel, and more than double the value of an equal number of acres of my uplands, for the purposes of cultivation. In the first place, they are valuable as fuel. I have for twenty years... | |
 | Thomas Hooker Leavitt - Peat - 1866 - 200 pages
...Rhode Island, 1840. A few extracts from it will be of interest here : " I consider my peat-grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm ; more valuable than my wood-lots for fuel, and more than double ralue of an equal number of acres of my uplands for is of cultivation. " In the first place, they are... | |
 | Thomas Hooker Leavitt - Peat - 1867 - 332 pages
...Rhode Island, 1840. A few extracts from it will be of interest here : " I consider my peat-grounds by far the most valuable part of my farm; more valuable...fuel. I have, for twenty years past, resorted to my peat-meadows for fuel. It gives a summer-like atmosphere, and lights a room better than a wood-fire.... | |
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... a more essential service to the public, more especially to farmers, than by enabling them to convert their unproductive and unsightly bogs and morasses into luxuriant fields and sources of wealth. I consider my peat grounds by far the most valuable... 