. Timber storage conditions in the eastern and southern states with reference to decay problems. ^ to thelocal market and the price ofland play the important part. This general advantage of lo-cation, however, is often consid-erably offset by the necessity forclose piling, without adequateventilation either between the piles or through them, due to the higher cost of land. When this iscoupled with the fact that much of the product has been in storageelsewhere for varying periods, sometimes a year or more, it canreadily be seen why decay is rather frequently encountered in theretail yard. The s
. Timber storage conditions in the eastern and southern states with reference to decay problems. ^ to thelocal market and the price ofland play the important part. This general advantage of lo-cation, however, is often consid-erably offset by the necessity forclose piling, without adequateventilation either between the piles or through them, due to the higher cost of land. When this iscoupled with the fact that much of the product has been in storageelsewhere for varying periods, sometimes a year or more, it canreadily be seen why decay is rather frequently encountered in theretail yard. The salvation of the retail dealers usually lies in disposing of theirstock rapidly. Most of them* aim to turn it at least three or fourtimes a year, for they recognize that long storage will prove disas-trous. Timber showing deterioration through decay is not difficultto find in most retail yards. However, this is very often only in the. P9IF Fig. 28. — Two-inch stock piled withoutsticks, a method rarely used in the yardsvisited. Not used, as far as observed,with stock less than 6 inches wide. 28 BULLETIN 510, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. incipient stage and is not readily noticed by the casual which dress the lumber just before filling orders can in thisway supply to the trade clean-looking lumber, but this does notalways imply freedom from fungous infection. The opinion seemsto be prevalent among many lumber dealers that the mere brighteningof the lumber by running through the planer serves to remove allobjection to infected stock. This is far from the fact, however. Itmerely gives it a better sale appearance, and the danger to the ulti-mate user still remains. The adage that beauty is only skin deep applies to such infected stock with particular force. TVTiile perhaps the majority of lumber dealers have merely over-looked the full significance to the building trades of the dangerswhich lurk in
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