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Show Haw t-. iT-.-r- Witii -ot. 1'opreaerva wooden pjats bt.ru with an Inoh and a quarter auger fruiu tho butt of thcpotttoadiMatictttlMt will te lx InrliM nWe tlm umiud when theKSt ahall be set. Then char over n good lire for n quarter of nn hour, to as todrivenll moUturooutof tho heart of the butt through tlm I in a tx.rcd, fill tlio hole with Uiillng coal tar and drive In n well lilted plug, which will net as nt h)draulle ram and force the tir Into the hot pore of thowot!, which will become thoroughly crrosottil nnd lat iHiotid for twenty) ears in placoof four, iisluoidlnury CftMs. A -t Inch post tuay have ouo hole In Itsccnttri Cinch, two.ldoby tldei H Inch, three ( I-' Inch, four. lst which nre nlnti'ly In tho ground tuay lie Itorei dlagenidly. filldl with hot tar (hi the dry summer time), plugged upniid tf (.ilnteil Sleepnr (Kiata for lloor Joists should be t rented hi IhU manner, anI Dm ii their linsee iiirrouuded witlin cup orpuddhil ell), Into sshieh Knr hot coal tar. Posts thus treated cannot do cay. Mechanical News. |