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Excerpt from Timber Storage Conditions in the Eastern and Southern States With Reference to Decay Problems On account of the many failures in timber in important structures during recent years,1 such an investigation is of the highest impor tance, both from the standpoint of owners and contractors and from that of the timber interests themselves. The writer has encountered a number of instances where he was informed that wood has been replaced by steel or concrete for no other reason than the failure of locally available timber to withstand decay. An increasing use of these structural materials is bound to occur unless the lumber industry takes Steps to improve the quality of its product for the North American market, and the first step in this process of regeneration lies in the better sanitation of lumber storage yards, so as to remove the danger of directly transferring fungous infections from the lumber dealer to the consumer. During the course of this study a large number of sawmills and wholesale and retail lumberyards were Visited in the eastern half of the United States. The region comprised 10 States along the Atlantic coast from Maine to. Florida, all of the Gulf States, and the Central States of Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. In addition to a personal inspection of the yards, much valuable in formation was obtained directly from the operators. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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