The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-01
ASKS FARMERS
FOR LOCUST
Uncle Sam Needs the Black
Variety to Make Tree
nails For the
Ships.
From the Emergency Fleet News.

From the Emergency Fleet News.
Farmers who have good locust tim
! per. suitable for the manufacture OF
ship treenails. will do well to commun-
icate with the purchasing division OF
the Emergency Fleet corporation.
which that it win give
prompt attention to inquiries from
those wishing to be put in touch with
treenaH manufacturers.
Great Quantities Needed.
| The sshipbuilding program Of the gov
rnmen a enormously increased the
demand for %treenails, or strunnels,"
which are used In wooden ships. much
as bowels We're used in old fashioned
frame construction work. They are
huge wooden nails from twoto four feet
long, which ,fasten together the plank
ing or outer she'll of the hull, the frames
Or 81 eleton and the ceiling or inner shell.
Most OF the t~reenails used in this eoun-
tps are made OF black locust, or yellow
locuSt as the tree is often called. They,
must be made of straight grained wood,
Thtch combines density, hardness,
itrength and durability, which does not
lhrink much n will not split readily;
md locust is prominently the wood
hat fills the bill.
No Honey Locust.
1itSh AStoSt QSSS AOl grow III great
stands, but u be picked up in rela-
lively small quantities, SO that the
5h1pyard demand opens the door to the
marketing by farmers of wood lot tim
per OF this species. BY doingyso they
may contribute to the war time needs
v the country and thus help down the
Hun. n at the same time convert
INTO ready money some OF the value
hat their growing timber has accumu-
hted. Forest grown locust of a good
grade is the most desirable from every
standpoint. although some mauufac-
turers buy the field grown il found in
sufficient size and quantity to warrant
handling.
Wooden shipyards are nov busy from
Maine to X as well as on the Great
lakes ana the Pacific coast, and as each
ship takes from 10000 to $4,000 tree
aaiis the manufacturers who supply the
Yards are naturally out for supplies Of
ocnst. While several kinds Of wood
nay be used. to the extent that black
ocust is obtainable it Is preferred.
Honey locust will not do for treenails,s
as lt is too porous. The Emergency
Fleet corporation which iss purely y
government organization. is assisting
the manufacturers of treenafls to find
their raw material, and has been In
strumental In developing large supplies
since the war program OF s%hipbuilding
was entered upon. 1t is anxious to
bring together the owners Of suitable
standing timber and the manufacturers
operating in their territory.
Making r~treenails is distinctly a busi-
ness in itself. There is asvery large
percentage of waste III manufacture,
partly because ocust is a very detective
wood n partly because the shipbuild-
ing specifications are very exacting.
Most II not all Of the manufacturing
profit is likely~to come from knowing
now to dispose OF such material adyan-
tageously. The individual farmer or
smal m1llInan Is seldom in a position
to do this. Farmers having locust to
lspose OF will therefore do best to get
In touch with some established treenaA
manufacturer.
The production Of t~reenatls has been
divided up into districts SO that each
manufacturer ordinarily draws his
supplies from q definite territory. IN
Tor treenaila- has usually but one mar
ket available. The manufacturers re-
ceiye their orders for treenails from
the purchasing division Of the Elmer.
gency Fleet corporation, in which 10
centrT lied the buying for all ship
Yards. These orders are placed on
erns which permit the manufacture
RS to a reasonable prices for their
aw material.
How To Soil.
What the farmer can expect to get
Tor his locust Will vary with h grade
81 the TIMBER ana the cost OF laying 1t
down at the mills. Some manufactur-
srs buy the timber IN the stump, others
by the cord or thousand feet, In which
case the farmer can do the cutting
himself. Selected stock w~ilhNbring the
best prices, especially when the manu-
facturer has drawn his specifications
high 80 as to get the best grades onlyl
wner OF locust desiring to be-put
in touch with q treenail manufacturer
should address h purchasing division,
emergency Fleet corporations, Wash
5ington. d. g. Full information should
It's approximate quantity, and the loca-
lion with reference to the nearest
chipping point. The name Of the rail-
Dad serving the shipping point should
llso be given.