House and Garden 
holes bored in the top of the pile, or near 
the mud line, has failed to secure a dis¬ 
tribution sufficient to adequately protect 
the outer layers of wood. All soluble 
salts have also shown a tendency to leach 
out when exposed to salt water. Im¬ 
pregnation with creosote, a coal-tar 
product, has usually proved highly 
efficient with suitable kinds of timber 
properly prepared, when a sufficient 
quantity of good creosote is used. 
The principal timbers used for piling 
are longleaf, shortleaf, and loblolly pine, 
and white and red oak on the Atlantic 
coast and Gulf of Mexico, and Douglas 
fir on the Pacific coast. Spruce, red¬ 
wood, cedar, cypress, eucalyptus, and 
palmetto are used locally. 
All of these woods with the excep¬ 
tion of palmetto are subject to damage 
by borers. Hardness is not a com¬ 
plete barrier to their attack, although 
boring is probably slow in dense woods. 
Southern pine and oak can be impreg¬ 
nated with creosote, and this promises to 
be one of the most efficient means of 
resisting the borers. It is probable that 
some of these timbers can be successfully 
treated by the open-tank process. How¬ 
ever, if a very heavy absorption is de¬ 
sired, a treatment under pressure may 
be the more efficient. 
Circular 128, issued by the Forest 
Service, gives a detailed description of 
the most important marine borers and 
their habits, together with a discussion 
of the different forms of mechanical de¬ 
vices in use for the protection of piling 
and of protection by chemical preserva¬ 
tives. This publication will be sent free 
upon application to the Forester, De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 
USING LESS BUCKWHEAT 
^ I ^HE new patented breakfast foods 
and cereals are taking the place 
of the old-fashioned oatmeal, buckwheat 
and mush. In 1866 when the first 
authentic buckwheat returns appeared 
the country devoted 1,045,000 acres to 
the crop and raised 22,791,000 bushels 
of pancake material, with a farm value 
of ^15,413,000. Now the country has 
but about 750,000 acres and raises 14,- 
500,000 bushels worth ^8,000,000. In 
former days Pennsylvania was the ban¬ 
ner state, with nearly 500,000 acres 
devoted to buckwheat, and New York 
came second with 250,000 acres. Now 
Pure White “Bone China” Toilet Accessories 
These bone china toilet 
fixtures for fastening upon 
the wall are the very things 
needed to complete the re¬ 
fined toilet. 
On account of the purity 
of the material and neatness 
of pattern and workman¬ 
ship, they are a necessity 
in the toilet of discriminat¬ 
ing persons, being easy of 
installation and of the 
proper durability for the 
uses to which toilet articles 
are subject. 
They are also reasonable 
in price and are absolutely 
the most sanitary fixtures 
made. 
Plate 1610-K Plate 1620-K Plate I6I5-K 
PRICES: No. 1610—K, China Bracket, China Receptor, China Tooth Brush Vase with heavy Nickel Plated 
Brass connection, complete. $3.00 
No. 1615—K, China Bracket with China Receptor and China Drinking Cup with heavy Nickel Plated 
Brass connection, complete. 3.00 
No. 1620-K, China Bracket with China Receptor and China Soap Cup with heavy Nickel Plated Brass 
connection, complete. 
3.00 
Note —We also make numerous other specialties for bathroom and toilet, illustrations of which we will be 
pleased to send on request. 
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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
1006 Arch Street Philadelphia 
7)1 writing to advertisers please mention ITou.sr: and Oadden. 
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