New-York tribune., 1869-01-04
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

The following paper was read before the
American Institute Farmers Club:
There is probably no branch OF industry in this
try In which wealth, enterprise, and genius more
successfully employed, than In the manufacture OF agri
cultural implements The very best OF timber is selected
for this purpose and much time and labor expended in
pements lasts but few years However well il be
seasoned by the ordinary processes Is liable destruc
ton by dry rot and powder post Exposure the alter
nations OF temperature and moisture, II II does not pro-
duce immediate decay, win cause checking. and other
brttlenoss Of FIBRE Indeed the strength OF the wood Is
unfrequenty impaired in its preparation for BY
abumen is thus dissolved and by the application OF heat
natural artificial the solution is driven The loss
tho albumen. which part Of its life strength
renders the wood more porous aud OF course more sus
ceptble to the absorption of moisture.
There also many manufacturers, who, unable and
unwilling TO wait for the slow process OF deslccaion ny
exposure Of their lumber TO the open air for several
years, to the speedy method OF the Kiln,
drying They place their green wood in chamber, and
subject 1t Tor weeks and months to hot air or super
ing out the life and strength OF the wood at every step
and II continued will result in complete destruction OF
the fiber piece OF charcoal is specimen OF wood too
much seasoned by the Kindrying process But whether
dried in kiln or In the open air, wood remains porous
and will absorb moisture, and hence Is liable 70 shrhk
and swell according TO It's exposure. -
There Is mode of treatment, however lately brought
TO the attention OF the public, whereby green wood
fresh from the forest may be shaped and lifted and In
few hours prepared that it can be used IN the manu-
ton, and called the Robbins Process" .r...,o.
that It deserve deserves "a brief EXPLANATION
The wood TO be treated is placed in an iron chamber
supplied with coal tar and under which heat is applied
for its dlsatOn AT ffOm go 10 300 degrees OF neat the
yapor naphtha generate which passes over into the
wood chamber This hot va drives the air out Of tho
chamber and expes the moisture from the wood: IL
egg cOagulated made tough and nsouble by the action
Tie air driven out the moisture expelled the albumen
coagnated and pores OF the wood thus being made
void and expanded the heat under the st !. Increased
TO from 365 to 400 degrees AT this temperature the yaor
ofc cid is "a
into the chamber and thus the wood Is subjected TO
second bsth IN an element % 50 suo,e oao IL @
ia powerful antisepc. and Will eectuay prevent Ter
menatlon or pntraeuon oi tbe aDuinsh % OF IL, % o,nJs
cured by smoke 1t fans It, as hide is tanned VIII tanic
acid.
Bnt merely 10 drive ont the mosture coagulate the
albumon, and supply the wood with antiscpc Is not
RY reasibs the heat under The st TO from 500 10 coo
degrees the yapOrs OF the heavy tar OIL are carried INTO
the chamber The wood s thus subjected to third bath
the vapor Of oils This oondenses into the wood primes
1t thoroughly aud furnishes to the nbrous portion OF it
complete protection against the moisture OF the atnos-
pheTe By this treatment the wood undergoes no change
IN shape ze and is at once ready to be htted and a
piled To the purposes Intended There much put into
the wood driven hence IL does not shrink aud
not shrinking II cannot warp or check
Thus the wood u not only seasoned or cured so that
will not shrink, warp, check, but by cOagulapg the
albumen, and npg the pores with the oil (Which be,
Tesnous in contact With the atm0pberel the wood
made dener gher and stronger Upon actual test
At has been shown that the strength oi white pine for in
stance. increased 81 per cent by the treatment
by this process the wood 10 also preserved fiom decay
cannot take place In the presence OF crcosote.
The wood IL also thoroughly primed. and no paint -
necessary 70 the protection Of the oer bat may be- put
merely by way OF ornament ~ sueh case less OIL VIII
nasmueh as tho wood Is already saturated viii
The value OF this process the wood used In aerculu
raj implements great but not To be compared Ia
It's value IN the preparation OF fencing materials, es
pecay In those portion Of country where the people
have 10 use sawed lumber obtained from distance
PlaDKs and posts prepared by The Robbins process ana
properly set, Will last ior centuries
What shall be sald OF the value OF this Preparation
d%ssss Of assocco Of the people Of this country are
chiefly made OF wood. Nearly ali Of The ouiballdng-
especially shingles so generally used for roofs No
estimate a. can pe iotn atpgs ii ard
Another important application OF THIS Invention may
couhiry The grape H. extensively cultivated and
amount Of lumber - used IN the eils Tor the
vnes These supports In very short time because
thar portion which inserted m the ground II almost
consantly shaded. II constructed OF wood treated 10y
tbe Roblrs Process" they Will not only not decay but
being saturated with crcOsote hy VIII have tho elect
Of rcpclling all Insects ,.- ~,
But there isst another for this invention Of Rob
bins In which the farmer deeply Interested lie elect
Tie vapors Of coal tar upon the hubs aud spokes aud
forest day and the next turned into hub, ana
spokes, and after few hours oi treatment can be IAN
tOued into wheel There being no bhfinkng, he Joif
Will all ft The spOkcs VII be strengthened ana We nuns
will shrink or swell aud consequently WIN never
check Ia the slightest The farmers cannot iai 10 apPo
cinte the value of process suscctinc Oh ru,h us'
which Will not only season WOOD ana lumber ~ lew
hours but also give II additional strength ana AZ thc
time prime u ana preserve u from hIo4u anu u'
cay and from destruction by insects
Ii has been suggested by practical farmer that, rs
carbOc acid destroys the caUscs uf puttneon and has
been used with great succef- IN England, Belgium, hnd
Holland during prevalence Of cholera aud of the cat
pla que 10 would be well TO have all the wood Work
Of rtnbies and barns saturnted with tins enbstance
lie also suggests the Of blocks OF wood. similar 10
those employed the NcOsOn pavement for laying the
noors Of stalls for cattle and horses an 10 have thoso
blocks treated by the Robbins process and thoroughly
saturated with cRrbOlc acid
This substance would not only preserve The nooTlhi
thus laid but have tendency 10 keep oil diseases and
drive away the flies