PURPOSE: To prepare at a low cost a wood-like solid material suitable for applications similar to those for expensive high-quality wood or suitable as a material for carving, by mixing peat with suitable amts. of water, a sizing agent, and a fibrous material, sufficiently milling the mixture through agitation, compression molding the milled product, and drying the molding.

CONSTITUTION: Peat is mixed with water, and the mixture is agitated while feeding suitable amts. of a sizing agent, fibrous material, etc. for the purpose of preventing occurrence of distortion and cracking during drying and improving the plasticity, thereby sufficiently milling the mixture. The milled product is molded and dried to prepare a wood-like solid material. This material can be cut with a saw and worked with cutlery such as plane and chisel. Further, it is combustible and has wood-like characteristics. Moreover, it can be freely polished and coated. This makes it possible to develop new applications of peat which has hitherto been used as a fuel or a fertilizer after drying.