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ALBERTA PEAT SAUSAGE [1 record]

Record 1 1984-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Planting Techniques (Farming)
  • Nurseries (Farming)
  • Silviculture
CONT

The A.R.C. sausage is produced by the extrusion of screened peat moss with 80 - 85% moisture content into 1 in diameter plastic sausage steins 10 feet long. A recent development may make continuous extrusion possible. The sausages are cut into 3 in lengths with a 15 blade gang cutter ....

OBS

Developed by the Alberta Research Council (or Research Council of Alberta).

Key term(s)
  • ARC container
  • peat sausage system
  • Alberta peat sausage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de plantation
  • Pépinières
  • Sylviculture
CONT

La saucisse de tourbe RCA est une création du Conseil de Recherches d'Alberta. La méthode consiste à remplir de tourbe humide, par extrusion, un cylindre de polyéthylène à paroi mince. Ceci produit une longue carotte de tourbe à l'intérieur d'un moule de plastique; celle-ci est ensuite coupée en longueurs de 5,1 à 17,8 cm.

Spanish

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