. Timber storage conditions in the eastern and southern states with reference to decay problems. P64F Fig. 2.—Lumber piled at the waters edge on the Atlantic coast. High waves sweep overthis during storms, wetting the lumber and producing rot. mills are located either on streams or along the low and swampyAtlantic or Gulf coasts. Very often higher dry land is not available for storage purposesand then, particu-larly in the South,the conditions fordecay are some instances at-tempts have beenmade to fill in thislow land with saw-dust, bark debris,etc., with the resultthat the soil i
. Timber storage conditions in the eastern and southern states with reference to decay problems. P64F Fig. 2.—Lumber piled at the waters edge on the Atlantic coast. High waves sweep overthis during storms, wetting the lumber and producing rot. mills are located either on streams or along the low and swampyAtlantic or Gulf coasts. Very often higher dry land is not available for storage purposesand then, particu-larly in the South,the conditions fordecay are some instances at-tempts have beenmade to fill in thislow land with saw-dust, bark debris,etc., with the resultthat the soil is madeover into a most ex-cellent culture me-dium for the devel-o p m e n t of wood-destroyine fungi. Inother cases yards, even when on comparatively high ground, are sograded as to allow drainage into the yard rather than away from the coastal regions, where mills are at times located just abovethe level of high tide, storm waves frequently beat in from the sea. P65F Fig. 3.—Silt deposited in the base of a lumber stack duringa Mississippi River flood. This condition permits thelumber to rot rapidly. Bui. 510, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate I.
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