The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-11-10
for the farmer.
Cal Tar for Posts and Wagon Paint.

kbopt twenty years ago l commenced using
coal tar on fence posts, grape stakes etc cree
ted y grape arbcr with pine stndding Tour oy
f.ar isiclies square, set two feet IN the ground.
RrFura putting them in the ground, / gave them
t, COAT Of coal tar about two and one-half feet OF
tlir lower end. do not recoilect whether Inc
tar was hot or only warmed IN the sun. Inc ar
h,r was taken down after standing eighteen
years, and the posts were nearly al sound; some
of them had begun 70 decay at the surface oil
the ground.
seen after that / had Il sheci-iron tank or ket-
lie made three feet high, and two feet IN DIANE
ter 10 heat the tar in. II was set on brick or
t,,n. 81 "a to but wo1I and clips under II, with
tl,, care to get il far enough from the buildings
10 he safe from fire. Three posts were set IN the
,ron;d and a board nailed on TO lean the posts
against is they were set in the kettle, toprevent
turning the kettle, over. wood lattice was
mt IN the bottom Of the kettle to prevent the
,,nsts from bruising the sheet-iron kettle with
their weight on the bot.2m. / put in eight or
ten posts ut q tune; heafing the tar TO boiling,
and keeping it hot and filled with tar 70 the top
when the posts were in. Let them remain about
fifteen minutes, then ta,s- 0dt and pnt Others lu
I also constructed Il grape trrllis with two
small stakes five feet high, Ia fasten wires
tn Those stakes were srt bracIEg, ana
fastened with "a wire hinge at the foot TO a short
stake driven in the ground; trc!iis ~ constructed
as To lc; il down ia winter. These short staars
which were to go in the ground. were boiled IN
the tar They were, many of them, of pine, sap
Nv wood, very liable to rot, aud ten or twelve
years after, on pulling them mp, most Of them
were sound. These several experiences have
proved to me that coal tar Tins applied on dry
wo. is of great service 10 assist The durability
of posts and stakes,
i began to apply coal tar 10 my wagon wheels
five years ago. On n warm day III sumner the
tar Is sufficiently thin, but in cool weather |
would advise heating it. Have the wheels clean
and dry and he careful that every jOint or crack
is filed with tar. An old paint brush or rag
closely wrapped on the end Of n stick will do.
with a snail brush swab, Ia finish mp at each
end of the spokes. the hnb and the frlly. 1t is
hard, durable and impervioIs 10 water. This is
the object of paint. IL is the best paint / ever
used If should order new wagon, would
order the wood work--not only the wheels, but
all the wood of the wagon-yes, the wason-hox
all first painted with coal tar. very desira-
bic thing il would be to keep the bottom of the
wagon-box from swelling and shrinking.
Last year painted my old rat:letrap buggy
nj! over but the cushions with coal tar. 1t
frightened the spokcs and entirely stopped its rat
tie by filling its crevices and many loose joints
The wagon tires will only need setting onc-half
when it is worn oil the FELIX'S they are painted
over again with coal tar. ! SAW a published
statement this week that coal tar will cause the
boards on tine fence TO rot; il gives them the dry
rot 1t is quite likely that the board fence re-
ferred to had the dry rot; but | don't believe it
was caused by the coal tar. Oar railroads are
using il of late very generally on bridge timber,
etc.-iSRel Foster, in V. y. Tribune.