Show Club Foils Post Decay Creosote Treated Posts Will Last Thirty Years Terry president of South Carolina Four-H has one well-known conservation practice into triple savings savings of and his own time and Thinning a woodlot on his father's farm near Smoaks to allow healthier growth of the Terry ended up with fine fence But he had noticed that pine fence posts rotted out in the ground faster than he could grow new Presenting his problem to the local county agricultural Terry learned that pressure-treating the I Assistant county agent J. R. Inspects a few of the fence posts produced by leader Terry They were later treated with creosote for longer posts with creosote would give them a life expectancy of more than 30 Although he realized that he was making en unusual request that normally could not be Terry contacted a nearby S. wood treating plant and asked to have his posts pressure treated with along with ties and poles which Koppers treats for railroads and Word of Terry's attack on the farm fencing problem spread among the community with the result that other farmers have turned to use of the specially treated posts as a better farming |