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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TERMITES IQ55-60: SUBJECTS — SNYDER 



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USES IN INDUSTRY, ARTS, AND RELIGION 



Treat, I., 1957, p. 40. (Africa, Abyssinia, 

 Somali huts built of red-brown earth 

 taken from termite mounds, ant-proof 

 and hard as mortar.) 



WOOD PRESERVATION 



Allouard, P., 1956, pp. 96-97. (France, pro- 

 tection wood against termites and decay 

 by simple cheap methods.) 

 Anonymous, 19531, p. 70. (Australia, Can- 

 berra, low percent pentachlorophenol, 

 0.75% dry weight of board, added to 

 local hardboard resistant to termites.) 



I954d, pp. 68-69. (Australia, plywood made 

 from karri {Eucalyptus diversicolor) ter- 

 mite-proofed by dipping in sodium penta- 

 borate or mixture zinc chloride and ar- 

 senic pentoxide before bonding; aldrin 

 superior to chlordane or dieldrin as pre- 

 servative.) 



1956, pp. 1-4. (U.S., availability of pressure- 

 treated lumber, list localities, pictorial 

 sampling, list lumber companies.) 



1956a, pp. 1-22. (U.S., how to prevent de- 

 cay and termite damage in houses.) 



1956b, pp. 1-24. (U.S., how to build homes 

 that will outlive the mortgage.) 



I956i, p. 67. (Australia, Canberra, plastics 

 resistant to termites, polystyrene, unsatu- 

 rated polyesters, epoxylenes, and phenolic 

 laminates, polyvinyl chloride and cellu- 

 lose acetate become susceptible when 

 plasticized.) 



I 957g> PP- I - 2 6. (U.S., Mississippi State 

 Highway Dept., southern yellow pine 

 stakes, coal tar creosote 1934-1957, 100% 

 perfect; pentachlorophenol 1938-1957, 

 100% perfect; chemonite 100% perfect; 

 crewood, 1933-1957, 90%, i934- J 957» 

 100%; osmosar, 1935-1951, o%.) 



I 957 ri , pp. 1-15. (U.S., Mississippi, State 

 Highway Dept., southern yellow pine 

 square posts, coal tar creosote 1931-1957, 

 90% perfect; I933-I953. 100%; 1938-1957, 

 95%; 1939-1957, 100%; Douglas fir 

 square posts, 1944-1957, coal tar creosote, 

 100%.) 



1958c, pp. 16-19. (U.S., 1957 industry pro- 

 duction 6.5% increase over 1956, which 

 was 4% over 1955; volume 274.5 million 

 cu. ft., 95% treated products pressure 

 treated, lumber and timber increased 2%, 

 creosote used for 80% all material, penta- 

 chlorophenol 13%.) 



I958f, p. 4. (U.S., Georgia, all large lumber 

 users, responsible for maintenance prop- 



erties, use treated wood, homeowners 

 ignorant and not concerned until now.) 



1958I1, p. 66. (Australia, Canberra, surface 

 treatments with creosote, sodium arsenite, 

 chlordane, dieldrin and pentachloro- 

 phenol have given at least 2 years' pro- 

 tection against Nasutitermes exitiosus.) 



1958I, pp. 113-119. (U.S., FHA minimum 

 property standards, protection against ter- 

 mites and decay, treated lumber alternate 

 control method.) 



19560, p. 63. (Australia, as surface treat- 

 ment pentachlorophenol effective for 3 

 years against Nasutitermes exitiosus, other 

 materials failed after 2 years.) 



J 959h PP- 30, 3 2 , 34- (U.S., Kentucky, Fort 

 Campbell, pretreatment studs for outside 

 walls, dipped up to 4 ft. high in 5% oil 

 solution pentachlorophenol solution dyed 

 red, rest of studs sprayed.) 



1959I, pp. 19, 22, 24. (U.S., 15% decline in 

 treated lumber products (41.7 million 

 cu. ft.) from 1957; fire-retardant treat- 

 ment showed a 13% increase from 7.8 

 million bd. ft. to 8.9 million. Use liquid 

 preservatives declined 41.5 million gal. 

 or 18%, solid declined 5%. Straight creo- 

 sote declined 14% (14 million gal.); creo- 

 sote petroleum solutions declined 26%, 

 creosote and coal tar declined 18%. Vol- 

 ume creosote-pentachlorophenol solutions 

 rose from 300,000 gal. in 1957 to 2.3 mil- 

 lion gal. in 1958. Use pentachlorophenol 

 decreased 3%; water-borne preservatives, 

 except for Tanalith and Osmosalts, de- 

 clined 1% for Celcure, 40% for Boliden 

 salt. Tanalith gained 1%, Osmosalts 

 20%. Creosote or solutions were used 

 for 76% of all material treated, penta- 

 chlorophenol for 16%, all other preserva- 

 tives for 8%. 95% material pressure 

 treated. Lumber and timbers treated de- 

 clined 7%. Creosote and creosote solu- 

 tions used for 50% total. Volume treated 

 with Tanalith increased 3%, with penta- 

 chlorophenol increased less than i%,with 

 Osmosalts increased 48%. Treatment 

 piles declined 10%, plywood increased 

 55%> highway posts 9%. Fire-retardant 

 treatments for lumber and plywood in- 



