Show Durability of Woods Several years ago a farmer in North Missouri made a series of experiments with different kinds of wood to ascertain ascer-tain which would last the longest when exposed to all the vicissitudes of the weather He took a umber of stakes two feet long and one inch thick drove them into the ground and left them there for four years At the end of that time he found that the elm ash tme hickory white pine oak and fir were entirely rotted so that in some cases the stick could not be drawn out of the ground and in several it left only a line of rotted vegetable fiber Yellow pine and teak were decayed on the outside out-side only the interior remaining firm and solid while the best cedar was a good as when first put In the ground The experiment ought to be of value to people who make fences also to builders build-ers as showing what kind of wood will best suit places where dampness and moisture are the natural conditions St Louis GlobeDemocrat |