Lcb railroad t-aC3 ar? treated* ^hr r^c servat i^es ojateri- 

 ally icngthert the ties' peri. DC of service, l?ssen the labor 

 co;~c LiO" 1 '. j d "t.y renewal ar-.d citJCT In u^or- tV_ 



forests du<- to tit? -.'jut ting. ?o some extent the t'rer.brosnt of 

 I^DOC posts i;id other forms of farm timbFr is ce ir^ tal;c?r.'. I 

 BUI i i :;rxpens ive apparatus ^nd method havinpr been df\'iSc^ 

 the d-partrr;ent of agriculture ; tut ;.s yet the rse of v;oo( ? 

 preservatives by farmers is on too small a scale to havr < rs 

 importance in the totpl, v/hile the practice of tre?.tinff te" 

 phone poles is in its incipience in this country. 



"'Vith the ra;o:.d ad-;ance of this indi:scry as a whole T ' v 

 says the repor", "che choice of preseivati^es has jetn fairly 

 well established, but the kinds and classes of materials to 

 be treated need development along certain lines. In Cer- 

 many and other Europe an countries practically all errors-ties 

 laid by the railroads are treated -7ith chemicals or preserv- 

 ing oils, Tn this country but ^0 per cent of the ties pur- 

 chased by the raJlroaOs are subjected to such treatment. Tre 

 number of poles treated in this country is ?: very small per 

 cent of the total in us:-.' T 



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