Show WHITE ANTS INJURE TIMBERS insects enter wood wherever it com cornea in contact with damp earth and eat into beams winged white tints lints are often ol oil arved flying about houses lit in spring and tire nry sometimes supposed to haac come in from outside the bureau of entomology of tile the united states stales tle IX of agriculture wp explains lains otis these winked winded insects really are inside tile the buil buildings dingo and usually tire to be taken ns indicating nests of wingless wangles s white ants ant 9 working tion in the thrillers Im hers those these insects which really ard nut not property ants enter the wood wherever it conies canies in contact with camil damil earth arid and often cat In into the center jt 9 nn an upright beam without manifesting their presence pre enco on oil the outside until the wood la Is ent entirely ively ruined mined and POS a settling arid and cracking lne of the ing lias has resulted the ahe urge burrei that build ings be constructed with such foundations that no wood touches tou clies tho ground or if it la Is necessary to use wood ant it be with tar creosote concrete flours florra should be laid on a gravel base to prevent dampness and arid where cracks occur they should bo be promptly filled |