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VOL. 130 



TiHON, L., 1946, pp. 865-868. (Grilled ter- 

 mites produce oil of high acidity, not 

 sticky and yields clear, firm soap.) 



WoLcoTT, G. N., 1945, pp. 1 15-129. (Carton 



tree nests of Nastititcrmes and tunnels 

 made of concrete and painted black to 

 give authenticity to imitation rustic gar- 

 den furniture and arbors.) 



WATER TABLE 



Elliot, G., 1904, pp. 505-523. (Termitidae | Snyder, T. E., 1935c, pp. 1-6. (Increased ter 



in water 50 m. below surface, Niger- 

 Chad boundary, pp. 515-516; go down 

 in wells for water.) 



JoFFE, U. S., 1936, pp. 48, no. 



Richards, O. W., 1953, p. 172. (Desert-liv- 

 ing termites extend vertical tunnels many 

 feet to reach deep-lying water table.) 



mite damage at New Orleans, La., due 

 to lowering of water table by pumping 

 system.) 

 19356, p. 59. (Depth water table only lim- 

 its penetration soil by termites.) 



WOOD PRESERVATION 



Alliot, H., 1946, pp. 1420-1421. (Chemical 

 protection wood.) 

 1947, pp. 1-3. (Chemical protection wood.) 

 1953, pp. 43-52. (Protection logs. Tropics.) 



Alliott, A., 1949, pp. 200-201. (Protection 

 wood.) 



Allouard, p., 1948, pp. 415-426. (Simple 

 and cheap process protection wood 

 against termites and decay.) 



Amadon, H. C, et al., 1945, pp. 74-81. (U.S., 

 pole service records.) 



Andrews, L. K., Gottschalk, E. W., and 

 Johnson, J. P., Jr., 1941, pp. 54-80. 

 (Service records Wolmanized lumber.) 



Angell, H. W., Davis, R. E., and McFar- 

 land, W. a., 1948, pp. 1-36. (Service 

 records Wolmanized lumber.) 



Anonymous, 1910, pp. 308-310. (Report on 

 creosoted yellow pine poles in Norfolk- 

 Washington and Montgomery-New Or- 

 leans lines Amer. Tel. and Tel. Co., U.S.) 

 1921, pp. 290-295. (Australia, chemical 

 treatments of wood to protect against 

 termites.) 

 1923, pp. 53-55. (East Africa, sodium ar- 



senite, carbolineum.) 

 1925c, pp. 66-67. (India, protection wood 



against termites.) 

 1932, pp. 237-269. (Test treated poles in 

 Norfolk-Washington, Montgomery-New 

 Orleans lines, Amer. Tel. and Tel. Co., 

 U.S.) 

 1934, in Kofoid, appendix A to chap. 49. 

 (Results preservative treatment test poles 

 in Norfolk-Washington and Montgom- 

 ery-New Orleans lines, Amer. Tel. and 

 Tel. Co., U.S.) 



i934d, pp. 472-477. (India, chir and fir 

 sleepers impregnated with creosote and 

 liquid fuel oil reduces checking and end- 

 racking, should give 19 years' service.) 



1934-1953. (Reports of inspections of pre- 

 servatives in the Mississippi State Eligh- 

 way Department's test garden, Jackson, 

 Miss., and service records on guard rail 

 posts, 1 932- 1 953, 20th report 1953; coal- 

 tar creosote, pentachlorophenol, and 

 "Chemonite" were outstanding.) 



1936m, p. 309. (Northern Rhodesia, 3 

 years in ground, wood treated with 3% 

 arsenious oxide or 3% sodium arsenite 

 immune to attack by termites.) 



1936c', p. 50. ("Permatol" developed by 

 Western Pine Assoc.) 



I936d', pp. 44-51. (India, Ascu-arsenic and 

 copper, design of portable wood preser- 

 vation plant.) 



1937, p. 19. (Treated timber mandatory in 

 Los Angeles, Calif., 1936 building code — 

 creosote and chromated zinc chloride for 

 foundation lumber.) 



1937a, p. 2. (Treated wood recommended 

 in city building codes.) 



1937b, p. 66. (Kansas City, Mo., ordinance 

 makes treated lumber mandatory in city 

 building codes.) 



i937d, p. 21. (Proposal to require treated 

 lumber in Kansas City building code de- 

 feated.) 



1941, pp. 1-7. (Federal specifications, wood 

 preservatives, U.S., TT-W-57ib.) See 

 i95oh. 



1944, pp. 1-6. (Termite-proofing timber 

 for use in the Tropics.) 



i945d, pp. 1-5. (U.S., pentachlorophenol.) 



^ With particular reference to termites; also poisons for fabrics, fibcrboards, and insulation. 



