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general introduction of preserving processes. Woods 

 which have had little value will find a market, and 

 those woods which, in their untreated condition, are 

 low-priced, will appreciate in price when once it can be 

 shown how they can be treated to give them increased 

 lasting power, or make them higher grade. 



There is as yet no general appreciation of the fact 

 that most kinds of timber can be successfully treated. 

 Treatment is an exception and rarely considered either 

 by the producer or consumer. We have been spoiled by 

 the wealth of timber of superior qualities which we have 

 had for many years, and it may take some time to effect 

 a change. That this change is coming I feel sure of, 

 and can prove it by the following extract from a letter 

 written by a farmer in one of the northern states, who 

 asks: "Please tell me how I can preserve maple fence 

 posts to prevent rot at the ground. If you can't tell 

 me how to make them last thirty years or more you 

 needn't take the trouble to reply to this letter." 



