Show forest service men inspect fence posts on morgan farm J W floyd atiq extension forest or r ol of lobrin william robb U S tool rui est st leoce ogden D dean call L BI tin rier ner V U 9 A C school scho I 1 of forestry and A al M sowder solder U b S D A extension a n forester of washington U D C hlll spent it several hours houis in ili morgan april 2 27 in III company with dale schott soil conservation service district conser iFt examining a fence post treatment ration mr floyd and mr schott initiated the demonstration four years ago on oil tile the farm of dick and levvis waldron tho the purpose was to determine the best means of treating fence posts of aspen cottonwood maple and oak to make them more durable at the present time lime codar cedar posts are expensive and difficult to obtain seven foot cedar posts with a top diameter of three inches soil sell for 55 cents each in most instances native trees of the above species can be obtained for coi the cost of cutting and hauling ground line treatment of native fence posts with osmo plastic compound can call lie be accomplished for approximately 0 6 cents per post aspen oak arid and maple poles and posts treated with corn pound have been known to list last from 15 to 20 years without decaying mr floyd floal in fit examining native posts treated with this compound tour four years apo ago found them to be ris as sound as the day they were planted untreated posts of the same species were eie found to have from 10 to 30 per cent of the wood at the ground line in an advanced stage or of decay |