. Timber storage conditions in the eastern and southern states with reference to decay problems. vantages when thesticks are handled ina sanitary the first place, thestrips are kept* in anair - dry condition,which offers consid-erable advantageover green material;in the second place,the strips, being nar-row, do not offer abearing surfacemore than 1 to 4inches wide. A dis-tinct advantagewould also accrue with the use of sticks cut from highly durablematerial; for instance, resinous heart pine or resistant hardwoods,such as white oakand heart red gum. The second gen-eral method of pil
. Timber storage conditions in the eastern and southern states with reference to decay problems. vantages when thesticks are handled ina sanitary the first place, thestrips are kept* in anair - dry condition,which offers consid-erable advantageover green material;in the second place,the strips, being nar-row, do not offer abearing surfacemore than 1 to 4inches wide. A dis-tinct advantagewould also accrue with the use of sticks cut from highly durablematerial; for instance, resinous heart pine or resistant hardwoods,such as white oakand heart red gum. The second gen-eral method of pil-ing lumber consistsin using the nar-rower widths of thelumber itself forcrossing strips (). The widerboards ordinarilyoffer too much of abearing surface forgood air one of the Arkan-sas mills visited itwas customary inthe earlier days touse the regular runof lumber up to 12inches wide as crossers, but this practice was discontinued on accountof the serious loss from decay. The manager of the mill informedthe writer that considerable rot would occur in 8 to 12 inch stock. Fig. 24.—Piling sticks lying on the ground at a mill inSouth Carolina, showing the insanitary method of han-dling them. Such sticks lying for only a week or two incontact with fungus-infected ground may themselvesbecome seriously infected, and decay may in turn pass onto the lumber stacks. TIMBEK STORAGE IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES. 25 within a year under such conditions. The present practice is to usestrips 4 inches wide and 1 inch thick of air-dry No. 2 pine. Thismethod has proved entirely satisfactory. In laying sticks careful attention should be paid to placing thesuccessive strips vertically one above the other. If they are placedhit or miss, certain ones may fall in the span of the next tier below,thus producing much unnecessary warping of the lumber, due tothe pressure of the overlying layers. In all cases of flat piling of green lumber care should be taken toleave a space
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