if not actually stronger 



Fire-killed lodgepole pine, of which there is a vast 

 quantity in the "Rocky Mountain region, showed a strength under 

 test 80 per cent that of live red cedar. In elastic values, the 

 two were practically equal, and in stiffness the fire-killed 

 lodgepole pine is quite comparable to the cedar. The prejudice 

 against the use of fire-killedpinaterial is a mistaken one, says 

 the department, for there is no inherent difference in wood seasonec 

 on the stump and wood cut when green and then seasoned. On many 

 areas such material remains entirely sound for a number of years 

 after the fire which killed it, and besides is thoroughly seasoned 

 and thus ready fcr preservative treatment as soon as cut, 



The durability of the tops of these dead trees, as well 

 as the tops of lodgepole pine poles and rosts in actual service, in- 

 dicates the fact that a preservative treatment covering onlj^ the 

 portion in contact with the soil is necessary. 



To illustrate the rapidity with which lodgepole pine is 

 being recognized as a pole timber, the District Forester, San Fran- 

 cisco, stetes that a contract is now in effect whereby a large area 

 of lodgepole pine on the Lassen National Forest is being sold to a 

 company of local men. It is understood that this company will erect 

 one or more creosoting plants and will place butt-treated poles on 

 the market during the coming season. 



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