The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10

Modern Methods zhas Are Helpful 10
Farmer. Truit Grower and sEOckman.

tive treatment By which they wfll be
| rendered durable and as laNfina as
the soundest oak tn many cases.
This Is OK the highest Importance
dn connection with me use OF fence
posts, telegraph and telephone poIas.
crosstles and constructive timbers OF
many kinds X Is Of special fmpor-
lance 20 farmers in many parts OF
Iahe country, for with them the fence
post problem is serious.
Almost every farmer III tie South.
and East knows that the supply ok
locust. white oak, cedar and other
durable woods has become SO re-
|strioted In the last few years, that
their cost has become almost pr0hi-
bitiYe. In the Middle West the sup
Iply Of good post material always was
limited while In many places In the
Far West 1t Is becoming more and
more expensive to build fences be-
cause good timber for posts IL be-
coming very scarce The fence post
problem, therefore, appeals to the
farmers Of the whole country, and
they will be benefited BY any pro-
cess by which a poor post may be
made to give double or treble SER
vice.
The preservative treatment can be
employed more successfully with GER
tain kinds Of wood than with others,
but 1t fortunately so happens that the
openrgrained, quick growing, quick
decaying timbers are the easiest Of
all woods to treat. Among these are
old field or loblolIy pine Of the
South, lodgepole and western yellow
pine, cottonwood, willow, buckeye,
beechs sycamore and others in the
West and Middle West.
Woods which decay most rapidly
in their natural state, with few ex-
ceptions, are asst adapted for preser-
vative treatms This il important
because It rer ers cheap and album
dant timbers available and makes use
Of what would otherwise be wasted.
The process Of treating farm tim
Der is simple, and the cost is low.
The apparatus may be set up and
operated by d farmer on bis own
premises, or two or more farmers or
timber users may join and lessen the
expense foryeach. The only appara-
tus required is an open iron tank.
large enough to receive fence posts
In an upright position. Shingles,
stakes and other small timbers MAJ
be treated in the same tank.
The cost of the treatment, after
the apparatus is ready, depends upon
the size of the timbers and whether
the entire posts or only the butts
are treated, and the thoroughness OF
the treatment. When freight rates
permit the shipping OF the preserva-
tive at moderate expense. the total
cost Of q treated post OF old iield
pine, lodgepole pine. cottonwood or
similar timber, ought not to exceed
that Of high grade post in its natu-
raj state, and is often less.
The government considers the in
vestigations in the preservative treat
ment OF timber Of such Importance
that the business OF one branch Of a
bureau a the Department Of Agri-
culture the once Of Wood Preser-
walton III the Forest Service is
given over entirely to the work Of
experiment In cooperation with rail-
road companies, mining corporations
and andividuaIs in prolonging the
life Of railroad ties, mine props.
bridge timhers, ceposts and trans
mission poles. Advice and practical
assistance are furnished ali who re-
quest 1t Of the Forester. The length
ening Of life Of timber means the
saving Of thousands Of dollars annu-
ally through doing away with the
heavy expense Of labor and cost OF
material for renewals.
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