Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-05

| perhaps the early training of those horses
/ for trotters had operated unfavorably upon
/ their disposition. +.-,@ .,,,-s---...-fs
The meeting was not very largely at
tended, but those who were. present gem
orally expressed themselves as strongly
( impressed with the Importance OF the
I question discussed, and determined to do
all in their power to make Vermont the
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WHEN TO Cur FENCE ca TIMBER.-The time
was when the object was to destroy timber,
but now it is to, save it. When / was, a
small boy heard an old, observing me-
chanic say that the, life had to be got out Of
timber, before it would season. He said to
pile up green lumber, and it, would take
about a'year to season, and after the lum-
Der was thoroughly seasoned, let 1t be COM
pletely saturated with water, and pile it up
In the same manner, and in, a few days or
weeks it would be completely dry. / have
observed that the lie clings to timber with
more tenacity cut at one season of theyear
than at another; it also depends greatly on
the treatment It receives after being cut.
Many varieties of timber. if cut in the win
ter and left to absorb moisture from the
clouds and atmosphere, will send out shoots
and leaves that, will continue greer, all of
the next season., which, if boiled little or
heated to boiling temperature, would very
soon season and dry ,out.,II have noticed
that timber quickly became close grained
and compact, and would be, very durable,
while that which stayed green long time
after it was cut would be brash, light, open
grained, and easily absorb moisture. have
seen timber hanging in tpees, broken in
winter by sleet, that in three years were
nearly rotten, while Others on the same
tree were sound after being dead twenty,
years. have seen trees girdled late in
the fall, or in the winter, or early III the
spring, that would leave out the second
and some the third year, and in four or
five years they would be, pretty well rot
ted, while others girdled in the latter part
of summer would soon dry, the bark would
crack open and curl up, and the timber
would be sound. For many years cut off
all my rail timber in the winter, mostly in
February !; about 13 years ago made some
rails out of small black oaks, or what is
called here Jack oak. / made some more
the succeeding August, and some posts of
the same timber. Those made in the winter
are rotten and'worthless; those made in the
summer are heavy, solid and sound-not
even sap-rotten, and many of the posts are
still standing. Timber cut in June does not
last as we'll as if cut later; it is then soft,
full of sap easily absofbs 'moistare,s and
when seasoned is brash and light; but if
Immediately split, the bark peeled off, and
laid of of the ground exposed to the sun
and air till seasoned, t.lasts pretty we'll. I
once cut loC OF ra1t timber in February,
and left it till June, then split and peeled
off the bark, expecting to get the benefit of
the February theory of firm hard wood and
but little sap, and of the June theory of
the bark easily peeling off and the rails
quickly seasoning; the rails were lighter
tnan if cut in August, and did not last
well. Hereafter intend to cut rail timber
and wood for fuel in August, and would
prefer to have it split as soon as cut,
but if 1 cannot get it split, or even
cut down, what want ts use before Au-
gust I will girdle. Timber that is consid-
cred worthless foH fencing, on account of
rotting SO quickly, such as linn, aspen,
quaking sap, or poppie, and black oak sap4
lings, if cut and split in August and prop
erly seasoned, will last for ten years. Linn
and aspen, if nailed to posts, should be-
stripped, or they will rot around the nails
Rails are stronger and more durable than
boards for fence, and, if properly split,
more fence can be made from the same TIM
ber- unless it is very rough and knotty.-.
Rails should be split SO as to have the part
nearest the heart as near to an edge as pos
sible and if split in that way they will only
season-crack on the side furthest from the
heart-the edge nearest the heart should
always be nailed or put up.-Io,oa CORES
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