| Show preservation of wood by lime I 1 have foy for in many any years beao bee in iq th tri 0 baritot babi tot tit imber tiber of t the e inferior interior oria 0 ot t fir scotch spruce and hilyer by steeping it iu in a tank that is a aiole lole dug in clay or peat which was fairly watertight in a saturated so lut lutian ion ol 01 lime its effect on the sap wood is to harden it and fill the pores that it perfectly resists the attacks of the little wood spring beetle and makes it io in fact equally aa a durable as its tho ho made wood na 1 baye ve a mill which hichi was wai rotted with scotch fir prepared in this way in 1850 and an d it ie is in perfect lion tion the timber is p packed ached as closets as it will lie ia he tank water ta let iq in 0 anil and d li lime M i is s thrown on the top tup and well ed abolt about 12 no danger that the tile eoln tion will not find its way to everything in the tank I 1 leave the wood in the solution from two to three month by tho end of which time an inch board will be fully permeated by it foists and beams bealus would of 01 courle take a louger longer lime I 1 me for balu atura tiou but iu ill practice tice we find that the protect prote cUca c afforded tt crded by y two or tareq raon ja s steeping is is suf clout 1 i the stint linge lings are cut out to tho the sizes at which they are to be aeed bield |
