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TIMBER 
Nandubay 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 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Palo Cruz {Talehnia 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 Kansome 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. 
