The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 13, 1919, Page 6, Image 6
USE CREOSOTED
FENCE POSTS.
Treat Your Own Posts oo
The Farm.?Last From
15 to 20 Years.
Clemson College*.?With the development
of our livestock industry and
the resulting increased need for pastures,
fencing becomes an important
problem. A troublesome phase o?
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cms proDiem is lasting leuue pusis.
Long-lived fence posts can easily be
v made from most of the common inferior
woods by a simple preservative
treatment on the farm. Properly
creosoted, these non-lasting wood*
make posts good for 15 to 20 years,
says W. R. Mattoon. Extension Specialists
in Forestry.
Kinds of Wood to Use.
Most of our common woods readily
take in creosote, a product of the distillation
of coal which makes wood
fiber very resistant to fungi, or n,*, and
to practically all forms of animal life
which injure wood. Sap pine, soft
or red maple, black gum, sweet gum,
beech, red and black oaks, cottonwood,
willow, the poplars, are good
v examples of non-lusting woods which
are easily treated, the wood becoming
the container for the preservative
fluid. Because of cross bands of tissue
of the various white oaks, they
are unsuitable for treating. The more
lasting woods (black locust, red cedar,
mulberry, chestnut, black walnut,
osage orange) do not justify the expense
of. treating for the slightly increased
lasting qualities.
Woods differ in checking or splitting
when in ordinary use as fence
posts. This is important, since suoh
openings allow'the entrance of woodrotting
fungi to the inner portions ot
the untreated wood. For example,
" *sck gum. d-e to its interlocked,
.sted fiber, has proved an exceedingly
satisfactory wood for treatment.
The bay of the southern swamps
"checks" badly, giving poor results
even in the first 5 to 8 years follow>
tog treatment.
Method of Treating.
! Posts 3 to 4 inches in diameter are
sufficiently strong for line posts.
Small posts require less creosote, and
last practically as long as large ones.
Round posts are better for treating
v than split posts.
It is very important to have the
wood thoroughly seasoned. The posts
should be cut, completely peeled, and
open piled in a dry situation well exk
posed to sun and wind. Peeling is
most easily done in the spring season,
always immediately after the tree
Is felled, before cutting it up into post
lengths. Patches of the thin inner
hark, if left retard or prevent locally
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the desired impregnation of the wood
with the preservative liquid. A spade
forms one of the best tools for peeling.
In .late fall and early winter,
especially in dry situations, it may be
necessary to use an ordinary draw
knife.
Tops of the posts should be beveled
to shed rain water. Posts should be
cut to allow only about 3 inches above
the top wire. Posts with long tope
are unsightly and more costly ia
wood used and treatment. A light
crosscut saw avoids waate in chopping,
and makes smoother ends.
A satisfactory treating equipment
for farm use consists of one cylindrical
galvanized steel tank 3 feet in
diameter by 4 feet high, and one horizontal
rectangular steel tank 3 by 8
feet. The treatment consists of soaking
the butts in hot creosote (about
200' to 215 degrees F.) for one to two
hours, depending upon the density of
the'wood and time required to get a
deep penetration of the creosote, and
then immersing the whole post in a
*cold" bath, at a temperature of 90
to 110 degrees F.
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height of one foot above the ground
line. The tops thus get only a shallow
treatment but sufficient to
..make them last as long as the butts.
Cost of Treatment.
A gallon of creosote will treat 3
posts, 3 to 4 inches across the top. or
2 posts 4 to 5 inches. In ordinary
times a high grade of creosote can
be purchased for 15 to 20 cents per
gallon in barrel lots delivered. War
time made it cost from 30 to 35 cents.
Depending upon the size of the post
and price of creosote, this is a cost
for creosote of from 5 to 15 cents per
post, or average of 10 cents. Other
Items of cost for the peeled poet
should not be over 5 cents apiece,
and for overhead charge on equipment
about 2 cents, er if labor for
treating the post is included about 3
cents, bringing the total cost to an,
average of about 20 cents. This
would fall to about 15 cents under or
dinary pre-war prices for material a ad
labor.
True Cast.
But the true cost of fence posts on
the farm should be reckoned in terms'
of cost of the post plus cost of labor
in replacement. If treated posts are
good for 15 years, at least two seti
of ordinary untreated posts and two
renewal operations are eliminated.
Three complete settings of untreated
posts would certainly be very considerably
more expensive than one operation
with treated posts.
The treating of fence posts jointly
by several farmer? in a community affords
one cf the best forms o: cooperative
work possible.
THE HOME GARDEN
Suggestions For Its Success
Clemson College.?The far-reaching
i value of the garden in our national
( food supply makes it imperative that
, all gardeners, large or small, plan a
' careful rotative system to use wisely
all garden space that can be worked.
' The actual need under normal condi
tions. combined with the present food
shortage, demands that we produce a
larger garden crop than ever. Ordinarily,
the average Southern garden
is a spring, or one-season producer.
. few vegetables being available after
this period. Therefore, great care and
judgment should be exercised in making
consecutive plantings of our more
common vegetables, to furnish a seasonal
supply with the necessary canning
surplus.
The fundamental principles in good
gardening are: (a) site and soil selec.
tion; (b) advanced planning; (c) deep
and thorough preparation of the soil;
(d) judicious liberal application of fertilizers;
(e) careful selection and liberal
planting of seed; (f) thorough
cultivation; and (g) insect and disease
control.
SITE AND SOIL SFLECTION: Or1
dinarily the site and soil conditions,
1 especially of the city and urban gardens,
are pre-determined by the location
of the home and the lack of garden
space; but, conditions permitting,
the site should be a southern, eastern,
or southeastern exposure, and should
have ample sunlight and a well-drained,
easily tilled soil.
GARDEN PLANNING: Advanced
yiauutug snuuiu iuliuuc cif&i.r ucian
of the garden, and cannot be too
strongly emphasized. The method of
cultivation is usually determined by
the size and shape of plot. The onefourth
acre or larger garden gives opportunity
for horse cultivation; the
one-eighth acre or smaller plot, for
hand cultivation. Those vegetables
' that can be dried, stored or canned,
should have preference over short-season
vegetables, such as lettuce, radishes
and mustard. Under present
conditions, the chief purpose of the
gardener should be to produce as
' much real food as possible.
SOIL PREPARATION: Deep and
thoAugh working of the soil preparatory
to planting is of vital importance
in growing any crop, and most
especially is true of the garden crops.
Garden soils should be thoroughly
turned or spaded, followed by consecutive
harrowing or raking, until the
seed bed is thoroughly pulverized.
Best of judgment must be exercised
not to cultivate the soil when it is too
wet.'or the texture will be greatly injured
and its value as a garden soil
decreased. ?
FERTILIZERS: A successful gapden
must be fertile. Liberal applications
of both commercial fertilizers
and barnyard manures should be given.
The animal manure will assure
a good supply of potash, which is favorable
to the growth of most vege qMac
A fortilifjror rnntaininc R ner
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cent available phosphoric acid, 4 per
cent nitrogen and no potash, applied
at the rate of 800 to 1,000 pounds per
acre, will give good results when the
physical condition of the garden soil
has been corrected ly the addition of
barnyard manure, if woods soil, rich
In organic matter, is used instead of
manure, we suggest the use of a complete
fertilizer analyzing 8 per cent
available phosphoric acid, 4 per cent
nitrogen and 4 per cent potash, applied
at the.rate of 800 to 1.000 pounds
per acre. If no organic matter is added,
the 8-4-4 fertilizer should be applied
at the rate of 1,200 to 2.000
pounds per acre.
Fertilizers, applied .either in the drill
or broadcast, should be thoroughly
mixed with the soil, to prevent the
seeds or plants from being seriously
Injured by burning.
SEED SELECTION AND PLANTING:
The use of scant quantities of
cheap, poorly selected seed often
causes a great reduction or an entire
failure in a crop. The necessary supply
of well selected, standard grown
seed should be purchased at an early
date from a reputable seed dealer.
CULTIVATION. AND CONTROL
OF PESTS: Frequent and thorough
cultivation should be practiced. Shallow
cultivation should be given as
soon after each rain as soil conditions
will permit.
The expense of preventing and controlling
insects and diseases is small
compared with the value of the garden
crop.
REFERENCES For planting charl
and for further information write
the Extension Service, Clemson College,
S. C., for Extension Bulletin 42.
"Home Gardening in South Carolina."
For disease and insect control write
for Farmers Bulletin No. 856, United
States Department of Agriculture,
"Control of Diseases and Insect Enemies
of the Home Vegetable Garden."
The Cotton Boll Weevil will determine
in each county in South Carolina,
as it becomes infested, those
farmers who are MEN. Men who have
determination, courage, and confidence
in the fact that we must not
( expect to receive something for nothing.
To grow a cotton crop under boll
weevil conditions requires WORK,
first, last and all the year.
It costs about as much to raise a
500-pound scrub as it does to raise a;
1,000-pound well-bred steer.
There is nothing better than alfalfa
hay for balancing a ration.
A dairy cow requires an ounce of
lalt a day.
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