The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-09
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PHYSICIHN HND suEGE8N
PUKwANA, So. OAK.
DECAY I'M wo0D PREVENTED
Money SaveA Ana Less material
Needed.

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1t is estimated that a fencs post,
which under ordinary circumstances
will last for perhaps two years. will
II given preservauye treatment cost
Ing about 10 cents, lust eighteen
years. The service Vt other tiinbers,
such as railroad ties. telephone poles
and mine props. can be doubled and
often treblsd by mex xpensiys prsserv-
ative treatment. To-day, when tho
cost of wood is u big item to every
farmer. every stockman, every rail-
road manager-to everyone In fact,
who must use timber where II 10 lie
ly to decay-this 10 . fact which
should be carefully consided. ..7
1t 10 easy to see that II the length
of time timbers can bc used 10 doubled
only half as much timbcr will he srs'
Quired as before and only one-half -
much money will need to be spent In
the purchase OF timber. Moreover.
many woods " hich were for q long
time considered worthless Gun be
treated and made to last as long as
the scarcer and more expensive kinds.
OF the actual saving in dollars and
cents through preseryative treat
ment. a fence post such as Was men,
toned at the beginning might serve
as one example. The post 10 OF lob
lolly pine, and costs, untreated, a.
bout 8 cents, or, including theieost OF
setting, II cents. 1t lasts about two
years. Compromising interest st 8
| per cent, the annual charge Of ouch
post is 7.5S cents; that's, itcOsts 1853
cents a year to keep the post In ser.
vice. Preservation treatment cost
ing 10 cents will increase its length
of life to abouti eighteen years. In
this case the total cost of the post.
set, 10 ~ eeats. which compounded at
5 pet cent, gives an annual charge Of
2.04 cents. Thus tho saving due to
treatment Is $40 cents a year. As
suintng that there are 2O0 posts Der
mile, there is q saving each year Tor
every mile of fence Of a sum eQuiva-
lent to the interest on $4,000. 80.
sInithe same way ypreservatise treat
ment win increase the length OF life
! OF a loblolly pine railroad tie from
Eve years TO twelve years. and will,
reduce the annual sharge frsm li.52
cents to S.4S cents. which amounts
to saving Of $5s.75 rsr mile.
1t is estimated that l5O, 900 acrss
are required each year to grow tim
Der for the anthracite, coal mines
alone. The average life OF an un-
Created mine prop 10 not more thaa
three years. BY prope, preservativs
treatment II can be prolonged. by
many times this Squire. Tsiephons
and telegraph poles. which In ten or
twelve years, or even less. decay SO
badly At the z Yousd line that they
have to be removed, car. by O simple
treatment OF their. butts. bs made TO
last twenty or twenty-five ysaPs.
Sap shinsles, which are almost val.
ueless In their natural state, can cas-
ily bs tRsated Aad made 10 ontlsst.
even pain ted shingles Of the most de.
cay resistant, woods. Thousands OF
dollars are lost every year by the %
"bluing" OF tresily saved. sapw ood
lumber This csn be prevented BY
proper treatment, and at eost 80
small ss to put 1t within the reach
of the smallest operator. -, d. s.
In the South the cheap and abund-
ant ioblolly pine, one Of the easiest
OF all woods to, treat, can by proper
preparation, be made TO take the
place Of the high.grad longlsai pine
for many. purposes. Black and tu-
pslo gums and other little-used
woods have a new and increasing
Importance because OF the possibility
of preserving them from decay at
small cost. In the Northeastern and
Lake States are taInarack, hemlock,
beech, birch, and maple, and the red
and black oaks. all Of W hich by prop
er treatment siay help TO replace the
fast-diminishing white oak and ce-
/ dar. In the states of the Mississippi
Valley the pressing fence-post prob
lem may be greatly relieved by treat
ing surh species az cottonwood, wil-
low, Alid hdCkherry
Circular lS9 Of tile Forest Service,
"a Primer ui Wood Presentation"
te'.r In simple terms, what decay 10
briefly certain preservativss aud pro
eesseS, gives examples Of the saving
IN aullns md cents. and tells. what
wCa,l uft.S,,. \ :, tft,il ,.ru d1 In thu fl-