Show TREATMENT FOR FENCE POST one of the best preservatives Is coal tar creosote to determine temperature pera ture of creosote i casy a 0 AR colorado aerl cultural college A small but satisfactory tank for the open tank method of treating fence posts can be made from one of the galvanized steel barrels used for shipping oil and gasoline these barrels are 36 inches high by 32 inches in diameter and by removing one of 0 the heads with a cold chisel or othen wise a tank 34 inches deep remains this tank la Is heavy enough to serve the purpose of 0 post treating and may be supported upon two iron crossbars cross bars built into the sides of a brick or stone work such a tank will hold bold about 10 or i size at one time ono one of the best beat preservatives is coal tar creosote the posts should be seasoned and the creosote should be b heated to at least the temperature of 0 boiling water with tho posts in it by leaving the posts in the tha creosote while it cools down a good degree of penetration should be ba secured with most ot of the quick grow ing soft woods wooda like cottonwood poplar elm and the split cedar posts posta found on t the he market the temperature of the creosote may bo be roughly determined by hanging a small emru tin can of water in the tank and when the water bolls tile the proper tern temperature pera has haa been reached the process of treatment may be hastened by keeping the creosote in the tank hot and removing thi posts after about an hours houes immersion lito into on an open barrel of cold creosote fox far another hour while a new batch ol of posts to Is being heated in the tank |