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and control Reticulitermes lucifugus in 

 buildings — soil poisons, wood preserva- 

 tives.) 

 CoLLEY, R. H., 1924, p, 30. (Decay a heavy 

 drain on our forests, U.S.) 

 1924a, pp. 48-49. (Rotten wood.) 



1927, pp. 187-189. (Building decay and 

 ways of prevention, U.S.) 



1928, pp. 3-4. (Wood decay prevention 

 in buildings.) 



1934, in Kofoid, 2d ed., pp. 753-755. 



(Wood decay prevention in buildings.) 



1946, pp. 14-15. (Wood decay prevention 



in buildings.) 

 ^953> PP- 120-169, 425-505. (U.S., evalua- 

 tion wood preservatives, especially oil- 

 type, laboratory and outdoor test plot. 

 Bell Telephone Lab. Creosote retention 

 9 to 10 lb. per cu. ft. necessary for 

 permanence. Possibilities bleeding in- 

 crease as retention is increased.) 



Cox, C. L., 1935, p. 23. (Nigeria, wood 

 preservatives.) 



Craighead, F. C, 1950, pp. 41-44, 46. (Gen- 

 eral, U.S.) 



Craighead, F. C, and St. George, R. A., 

 1938? PP- 26-34. (Introduction chemicals 

 into sap stream of trees to control 

 insects.) 



Craighead, F. C, St. George, R. A., and 

 WiLFORD, B. H., 1937, pp. 1-7. (Method 

 for preventing insect injury to material 

 used for posts, poles, and rustic con- 

 struction.) 



Cummins, J. E., 1932, pp. 186-197. (Fence 

 posts, western Australia.) 



Cummins, }. E., Dadswell, H. E., and Hill, 

 F. G., 1930, 133-146. (Wood preserva- 

 tion, Australia.) 



Cunningham, R. E., 1926, pp. 419-420. 

 (U.S., life of treated utility poles.) 



CuRTiN, L. P., 1927, p. 878. (Production of 

 acid by wood-rotting fungi.) 

 T927a, p. 993. (Arsenites of copper and 



zinc, zinc meta arsenite.) 

 1927b, pp. 1159-1161. (Preservative proper- 

 ties of basic substances.) 



Dehnst, J., 1928, p. 688. (Mechanism of 

 timber protection by preservatives.) 



Dietz, H. F., and Snyder, T. E., 1924, pp. 

 300-301. (Panama, dry-wood termites, 

 creosotes, zinc chloride, bichloride mer- 

 cury, sodium fluoride, "open tank"; 

 chlorinated naphthalene, furniture.) 



Dover, C, and Mathiir, R. N., 1934, pp. 

 19-20. (India, methods of testing the 

 susceptibility of timbers to termite at- 

 tack.) 



Drefahl, L. C, 1930, pp. 78-96. (Zinc chlo- 

 ride.) 



Duff, C. E., 1935, pp. 69-75. (Resistance 



tests, copper belt, northern Rhodesia.) 



1944, pp. 160-162. (Resistance tests, copper 



belt, northern Rhodesia, arsenic salts 



added 6 years to less durable timbers.) 



DuNLAP, M. E., 1926, p. 1091. (Painting 

 treated wood.) 



English, E. F., 1928, pp. 1-33. (Present 

 status timber preservation in South Af- 

 rica.) 

 1929, pp. 127-141. (Sulfur as a wood pre- 

 servative, "open tank" method, decreases 

 moisture content, hardens wood, no de- 

 terioration after 2 years burial, South 

 Africa.) 



Feytaud, J., 1953, pp. 1 16-126. (France, car- 

 bolineums, creosotes, pentachlorophenol, 

 impregnation, immersion.) 



Findlay, W. p. K., 1943, pp. 151-153. (Com- 

 pares toxicity wood and coal-tar creosotes 

 as fungicides, wood tars vary consider- 

 ably in toxicity, even least toxic an effec- 

 tive preservative provided good penetra- 

 tion. Extremely viscous, high tar acids 

 corrosive to treating plants. Dilution 

 wood tars with fuel oil results in heavy 

 sludge, in which some of the more active 

 ingredients of wood tars may be lost.) 



Fischer, A. F., 1935, pp. 34-36. (Tests wood 

 preservatives, Philippines.) 



Fisher, R. C, 1945, pp. 373-378. (Chemical 

 preservation timber, control wood-boring 

 insects.) 



Fletcher, T. B., and Ghosh, C. C, 1920, pp. 

 705-712. (India, results treating wood 

 with various substances to prevent ter- 

 mite attack, several different kinds 

 wood.) 

 1921, pp. 705-711. (India, preservation 

 wood against termites.) 



FoxwoRTHY, F. E., and Wooley, H. W., 

 1930, pp. 1-60. (Durability Malayan tim- 

 bers.) 



Froggatt, W. W., 1920, p. 46. (Australia, 

 I oz. paris green and i lb. pollards 

 mixed with sweetened water to consist- 

 ency putty, forced into wood.) 



Fukushima, K., 1914, pp. 100-104. (Coal-tar 

 creosote as protection against termites, 

 Japan.) 



Fuller, C., 1912a, pp. 345-369, 543-571. 

 (Soaking wood in sodium arsenite solu- 

 tion. South Africa.) 



Garratt, G. a., 1931, pp. 140-143. (Factors 

 affecting mechanical properties, preserva- 

 tive treatments.) 



