The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-21
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
How o Vac Fenee Poats LasL.

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How to Make Fence Posts Last.
How can I reduce my fence post bill'
This Is yearly question with every
farmer in the country, In regions whore
timber is scarce and high in price, con
strueting and maintaining fence posts is
source Of great expense, and even ii
there il abundant timber on the farm,
the labor Of cutting and setting posts
is no iuconsiderable item. Unless fortu-
nate enough to have at hand some dur
able wood the farmer Is likely to be an.
moved by finding a few years after he
builds a fence that the posts need re-
newing
II has long been known that a thor
ouRh impreenatioH with creosote would
preserve timber from decay Tor a long
period Of wears In fact almost indeii-
nitely Such treatment Is commercially
practieed with piling railway cross ties,
and other construction timhers the pres
ervation being injected into the wood
ID strong cylinders by means Of power
ful force pumps This method known
as the pressure method brings excel
lent results, but on account Of the OK.
pensiye machinery involved, the cost Is
too great Tor ordinary use in treating
fence posts
There has therefore grown a demand
for some cheap and simple process 81
wood preservation adapted for timber
III common use for which the pressure
methods are too expensive Such q meth
"a, known as the open tank methods
has been developed hy which, with the
use OF q simple and cheap apparatus
fence posts and other timbers used on
the farm may be successfully treated
81 small expense il has been found
that BY immersine the wood first in a
hot and then il cold liquid, atmos-
pherie pressure will accomplish much Of
what has beer heretofore accomplished
by the use 81 pressure pumps
For treating fence posts, either one or
two tanks are needed which should be
fitted So as 10 Be heated either with
steam or with q fire directly underneath
II but one iank Is used the posts may
BE heated "a the creosote for several
hours; the heat may then be shut OIL
and the posts allowed 70 cool in the oil
until the desired penetration has taken
are being in the hot OIL for the required
length Of time may be transferred 70
the other tank containing Oh which has
been warmed ony enough to make i
thoroughly liquid From How 70 Make
Fence Post. Last IN September Techni.
cal World Magazine
Domestic Science N the Schools and
Colleges. by Helen Sayr Gray, 4 a
pertinent article ia the August number
of Tile North American Review, upon
subject that deserves attention. She
remarks iii tue course Of the article;
People whose food supply day after
day contains only perhaps eight OF ten
of the sixteen chemical elements 81
which tie body Il composed and seldom
any 81 the others pay the penalty for
not supplying in right proportion and
chemical combination al the elements
requisite for the growth and mainte
nance 81 their bodies they are only
fractional men and women, Farmers
know what to feed cows TO increase
the quantity Of milk or 10 increase or de-
crease certain constituents in rs Or
ehardists ascertain that pear-trees need
iron, that Quinee trees need salts but
no thought Is given to feeding the fam.
ily for efficiency
"sThe in effects Of bad housekeeping
are as conspicuous in the country as
in the city Tradition has more weight
in country homes than anywhere else
The law Of evolution Is very slow in It's
operation in the home, especially in the
country. because women who live on
farms are so out Of reach. They do
not try new recipes for anything except
some dish they may get when away
from home Unusual dishes would Law
them omen to the charge Of fancy cook
ing and, like demonstrative affection.
are looked upon as unseemly Pancakes,
pie. cake. doughnuts. canned fruit, fried
foods. bread tea and coffee, with pota
toes three times a day, are the chief
articles of diet the wear around Then,
sodden with food. the members Of the
family resort to patent medicines to
cure themselves Of their self-iuaieted his
III ain attempt TO circumvent the law
Of cause and effect"