CHAPTER IX 



SEASONING OP WOOD 



The efficient seasoning of wood is one of the 

 points concerning which the timber merchant 

 must perforce pay special attention. For every 

 purpose it is essential that wood be properly 

 seasoned. Unseasoned or badly seasoned wood 

 is liable to set up defects which would not occur 

 had proper attention been paid to its treatment. 

 It may warp, it wiU not take a finish, it wiU 

 not take glue, it is Hable to fungus attack; these 

 and a dozen other evils follow in the wake of the 

 user of unseasoned or improperly seasoned wood. 



As a preliminary, careful attention should be 

 paid to the time and method of felling. The 

 wood should be mature, the heartwood uniform 

 and well grown, the sapwood not in excess. 

 Immature wood with excessive sapwood is never 

 durable. " Oak, for instance, for building 

 should not be less than 50 nor more than 200 

 years old, and Teak not less than 80 years of 

 age. 



The time of felling is said to be important 



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