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 Lorsqua la documant aat trop grand pour 4tra 
 raproduit an un saul cliche, ii aat film* i partir 
 da I'angia supMaur gaucha, da gaucha h droita, 
 at da haut an baa, m* ps^anant la nombra 
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 Few <iuili|i1;|:^ant8 of iuveutive edurt have been tudre fiuit- 
 ¥^ in fkUui^e jihou thone which^^iare been directed to utilizing 
 thdi y»si 4^umt8 oKpeat whicb exixt su geuerally In thi) 
 oonuiry> ttikiga sums of nionev have been lost iu cxpori- 
 iU^tH, wbieh have uulv resulted iu comiuciug the pfojuctor 
 tftAt ha hfl4 blKoi following a meritoriouH purpose, bnt *t gvsat 
 {Hecnui^ry )oe^ 7be extent and richueog of these depoHitH 
 has jttBlifted'jJireat uffortB to utilize them, and this fact hax 
 Htiuitdatoa e^ertiou.^ 
 
 Am ia'^Ui|41v the cane, sucuess comeit iu the end. For fif- 
 .leeu or tvreutjF yoarti, Mr. Franklin Dodge has been experi- 
 uieutiufe if tl&i 4ii'eci«ou, and finally, his labors have been 
 HUooeAsti^. Histijunchine is b triumph over the natural ob- 
 Btimle* vhioh hi^ye teen so lon« in the way uf huccphs, and 
 t^-da^ lie is i^fkiuy it with the most gratifying results. * 
 
 The jproce9»*i» quite simple, and approves itself bb. soon as 
 it >» witnej^eiL There is no complex machinery peqiired. A 
 ■40 U<SrB« pow^ engine fuivuishes ample power, while a mill for 
 gt'indiug the.peat, tind pumps and hose fio foreiuj^ and oju- 
 (|iii!.tiug it to the beds for drying, are all that is required. / 
 
 "^htiieiUiS'IKrocess is simply, tlie re.sults are astouishiug. It 
 is 'Birtitnate^ that this machiufc will grind and deliver per hour 
 jeiie beds iui ftmtiuut of peat vlioh, when, dry, will weigh 
 ,, And aU this is perform- il by twenty- Hve men. It 
 »iHy vjitimated that the «i uly proiUict will reii«h 100 
 X^ » w t mk wtiouc - w i thou t > >t.4a t i k\u, - »w4-w4»^*Jrt*<»>- 
 W will be remarked that thit result reduces the actual 
 fli'^.peat when prepared for Uhe to a very small figure ; 
 
 R|atUj,aH t^ Lie almost iucredilih'. ,■ 
 
 'The 'height of thi.s peat, wheii thoroughly dry — and the 
 (Ifyiug i\i done wholly by uatun 1 process— is the same as 
 ^thfitcito uoiU. It leaves little axUes iu burning, aud makes 
 ii"(iia«(jli, D^uUtilul tlame. it isaua Imirable fuel for producing 
 q4ijcic'Uea;t, aud in most desirdble foi- making steam, whether 
 m Itk'iuaotive or statiouary engines. It is so dean in com- 
 buiiiiuu^uii t^ be suitetl for cookiug piuposes aud for the parlor, 
 it is uiitii'eij'vaid ol .><mell, aud may oe burued in close stoves 
 or in grntesl 
 
 ,^ ;.«i'i4*! fli'Ht aiii^oessful attempt iu the coUvleasatiou of petit 
 ■ Stiut iiroiluoe i great revolution in human economy, as it 
 cannot f*il ta ifdnce the pticj of fuel, uud will hjou place 
 tho^c lucAli'^H where wood is scarce, and O'Hil rem'ite and 
 high, in in wdty to utili« 1 tiioss bads of pant which have for 
 a^s-boew Citt)jeotH of qi'sstiouable utility. 
 
 Thti HtUiiiing of ttie vast tields' .of mat.a'ial iu tbi s country 
 WiU sav^ Ifom ttf ty to sixiv per cent, to every c lusumer of 
 ooftl. TWs country pays nil Kit tivi^ million i of tbdlars au- 
 nnally lf> ARtericau coal comptuiies, all of whioh can be savetl 
 byd»i\isiol)ing our lieivtoford altuo-it wurtiil^ss p:at i»e,ls. 
 
 We take it for granted tl;at tha pt-ople lave no need 
 to mqttJM*'"' wnftt it is giiod for, becauso the adaptability 
 i)f cotflfcttaed nir-dried Foat to all dmu i.-<tii' puvposen 
 for whi(tb. ooftl ftud w.iod are used, ha.-i bseu demonstrat- 
 ed tlitrih}{the past lew years iu mivuy dift'w ut localities. In 
 «(ioiriug.tUlii we Aft wol intend t*conve^- the .'!«'* t*ttt peAk fuel 
 ii»x»f( djjTo«nAl au^Woofl rtut of thJB''ilil«Vlii/t, Wt. «<» A4 «** 
 
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 that it is capable of furuishing a cheap aud ooDvehtent ftnb-; 
 fltitute for eithnr, aud adding immeniiely to the natural re- 
 HourceH of the Dominion. If we wish to be a iBamtfaetnriug peo- 
 ple, cheap steam power is (uie of the moot tlQportaut «||^entA of . 
 the growth and prosp -rity of uiir iudu8trialoomnuiil|M;^. To 
 feed the iron horse, our forests have been ent awiJ^fnAiiek *»i 
 extent that the price of w, od, notwithatauding i»^|i^btrge im- 
 portations of coal, has doubled tlurinq the |i4Kt twelve ;^r!<^ 
 And c >al can only Ira supplied to the towoa lif tfie tnt^riOK) |(t^' 
 a cost for freight whic'.i so enhances its price as to nCakp ..JtK 
 use a burdensome tux upou all who rely upon steam p(iweic,tl» 
 driv:i their machinery Now it so hait})euR that th0'<K' H> 
 scarcely a mauufaeturiu,!,' community iu flifi Domialon 1^i«re, ' 
 Peat of good quality in not found iu the. imn^ddiatie Qeigfihini'-' 
 hojd, .uidft-jieut t.) supply thi wants of the pAople for.^mauy 
 years. In s.i:ui l^naliti^^s, ceaturies would nat €?U»aUft the 
 supply, aud this too, of a fuel which is espeoially ad«|>tCiA fw 
 the produ:;tiou of staam power, eitliur in atattonauy o^, Ibr^^-' 
 otive eugin?K as we shall b.^ pleased to show. SS, ', ' ■ .• 
 
 Tiie following st.it MUJUt, from the '* XonrfoH Uteihmiitii' 
 .)^afiiiziiie," affords testimony in cjutirmati<m of'thewe faetw-r 
 " The locomotive sup'riutaud'juts oif three raitwa^s ' in {re - 
 laud, made a trial of condensed !)'3at, on the 'lk>lfa»<t <ti^d ' 
 Northurn Counties Uiilw.iv, to t.nt it-i titu:^!f'< (or Iboo^utiTfts, ' 
 I Daring a trip of tw^mty-sjvau mibi.s tasre -W^^'j^^A'lftaiSi '>f ,■ 
 'f/ stiiim, though the lira door waw c )uttnu|n)[k*'5jji«i|B 4l^^^^_ 
 damper down for the gve^itar part of the dVptfiii»s,i^ , Tka^BS. 
 *Burrt at starting was 10) lbs. The c(>mme^^eiip!(lt 6| the trj^ 
 was up an incline of ouj a eighty, fotiir oiUeis l(mgi *itU 
 uloiililt- o.irves. VVhil J asc.mdiu}< thi* ii^yitee'. the " plew'tere 
 . rose to 110 lbs., aul aftarwards t.) 12.) lb-».i With the .firW dof»» 
 opeu. The speed w.is forty mil.^s p 'v Ivoar. W^feilft rUnttiUj* 
 there was no smoke, aud little at tiie sfati6a8.. '*Wke Hpi-bos 
 was -examined at the end of th^ trip, and aa olinkel' Was' i 
 fouhS, and tlie smoke-bo v wAs free from clude^ atol" 4*wl— -a 
 priKif that the fuel iiad stood the blast well ; 8|id It MiSi^ ^^ 
 ^ corded opinion of thy e.'cp.M'imeuters th0'^tbet |>iMit/'i*flte^i 
 ij everv respect, well suited for locumotiven.'*'"- ' ' . ','t'*^''~ 
 
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 The procass is simplicity itself. The |>e]|triilriitfl^elfid 
 an eudlyss belt, (similar t) a straw carriet *o * thrcMd^u^ 
 machine) which convey.s tlie peat to the iu(?uth of t^ "i^* ■ 
 chine, jiud is ground into pulp. Tiiis pulp, "Wirter auii'^l„'i^' 
 couveyed by force pump through a lioss, itpou iv li^t ■ .of 
 ground leveled for the purpost-. Tiu> peat .<»e<iti«a tO tJM&»,b(>t: 
 torn, forming a sedim Mit, (say) six inchen in t'hnkueii^ #ij3le 
 the water is dr.uue.l away. Aft?r layiux a few uaj's, the pedi.- 
 meut is cut into strip.-^ vith a cutting rake, #nd Vhlttt Ji'X'' 
 sutticiently stiff, sd that it may be handled, it iti taketi Ap'titiA 
 put iuto erilis, |siiiiil.ir t.i the farm.'r's ei*n ei'ib) and:. tlMye it 
 renuiius until dry enough for use. TJii* pttmess bei«^ ^^ 
 SIMPIjH, that the entire cost, for producing 4bu* fftei, tlAd^' 
 for use, is only sixty-tive cents a ton. Further partioular*; ftji;; 
 to the cost of the maehiue. or the right to wse it, «(|iply toi,TK ■}]■ 
 
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