Download or read book Some Peat Moss and Peat Deposits in Selected Areas written by R. Bruce Graham and published by Ministry of Natural Resources. This book was released on 1979 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is the major North American source of horticultural grade peat moss. Due to increasing costs of conventional energy sources andprojections of worldwide shortages, there is growing interest in the possibliities of peat as an alternative energy source. A program to investigate horticultural peat moss and peat resources adjacent to majortransportation routes was carried out during the field season of 1975, 1976,and 1977. Twenty-one deposits were examined, selectedfrom an air photograph study and varying in area from 93 ha to 2050 ha.