146 TIMBER 



Nandutay was the wood used for all hardwood posts 

 before quebracho Colorado was used for this purpose and is 

 said to be quite as lasting. 



Weight up to 64 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Palo Cruz (Talebnia nodosa) produces a good class of wood 

 and is found over a large stretch of the northern part of 

 the country. It is light yellow in colour, and is used for 

 wagon frames, axe handles, etc. The sizes available are 

 about 10 to 11 ft. by 10 inches square. 



For particulars of many of these Argentine timbers the 

 author is largely indebted to an interesting article by Mr. 

 Geoffrey Bansorne in The Timber Trades Journal for 

 March, 1907, but as showing how prolific parts of the 

 country are in varieties of timber, Mr. Charles A. Trery, 

 M.I.C.E., has been good enough to send him particulars of 

 more than 160 different kinds of wood, with their weights 

 and the stresses of many of them, which space does not 

 permit his including. 



There is such variation in the tests quoted of different 

 specimens of Argentine timber and such a want of definite- 

 ness in many of the particulars given by various authorities 

 that the author has reluctantly decided not to include 

 particulars of their strengths. 



Paraguay and Bolivia produce some excellent hardwoods 

 of the same varieties as are found in Brazil and Argentina. 

 Those of Paraguay, besides curupay and urunday, pre- 

 viously referred to and which also grow in Bolivia, are 

 Peteribi, of which there are two kinds, a light and a 

 dark wood. It is something like teak and is much used 

 for panelling of railway carriages, and the darker kind 

 for masts. It takes a good polish, makes handsome 

 furniture, and is highly scented. It is very light, excellent 

 for indoor work, and not attacked by boring insects. 



