| Show FIRE KILLED TREES THIES THEY ARE NOT WORTHLESS AS IS GENERALLY SUPPOSED more serviceable than green says the forestry bureau are arc the best for mine timbers A of the amount location and of ahre killed timar 1 1111 I or of the extent to which it la Is used ins his br bren been en made in the foiest lernice sen ice in a number of the nation il forests in ili the zo eith rn P nock lack r agon gion I 1 his bron bronwit lit out veil sll sit 1 I 1 agh first thit anund difed jimb i is nal a nii all second that width used tiled in some loc alltus it Is le gIlded a ai not worth using in others tile the velch was not being usel wis found to be folh a as goo cooj a as the other and the onh milt C for injecting it mcd to bo be ignorance of its true mine the area covered ba b tile stud N Ls am aten ades on hila arci there Is estimated to be 00 feet of board of oamer mer stumpage bout 50 per cent of this per cent of the bostil merchantable stumpage gout digout 50 per cent ot of especially of the larger dimensions is 13 fit for siw lumber and ill of 0 it can tie bel utilized in the round there is I 1 also a large amount of cordwood coid wood nood suit able boniv for fuel charcoal and similar purposes fire killed timber should b birk ed soon after it is killed in order to prevent decay of the surface it if the ha bark has been left on the sap tood nood Is lom somewhat decayed I 1 lodge edge pole pine and engelmann En elmann spruce have about the same durability after 2 25 5 ears about so per cent i is utu usually all standing and tile the fallen thin timber bOr if f not flat on tile the ground lists fie or 1 si I eadi eat 1 I banard lasts last about one third as long iong standing Stin ding dougliss Dougli lq fir lasts almost and ce cle i nhen flat on the ground d cm can s but slon slonia j 11 bellu allun I 1 line file decays decan s more rildah lin sacr it mil militia itil bion bio an air el eleia tion of 3 9 OUO A fiet et on the other hind on oa account ot of the lie openness op enne of its hi start ian it is uiel kill d ba b 11 I 1 r in in nun ini laces lace it I 1 is the I 1 of alir opinion thit lead timber is I 1 1 I n much veal fecal cr thin the sea boned timber it Is ib cleft cen neld that willa i ch ins ili tn tean ticia ae id a number of reain eais lb ib mak er than llian gheen timber and that tit longer it stands the weaker it b comes these metts P quite aron ron bi tt t t it ila has beten been shonn shon that sound timber is a matter ut of fact i almost as strong stron iii ii i i soi giepen timber and muan antron stronger er than gree timber before seasoning the chief use to which timber Is now put is for or mine timbers purpose it is eien een better suit d than ihan green timber because it is per feitli seasoned and Is light it is estimated that the mines of leadville Lc adville col use each month feet of board measure of dead timber limber there are also mano man other targe largo mining camps that use it in wholesale quantities in these thee camps it is deci decil preferred to green tim her ber for 15 sears cars dead timber has been used for railroad ties in the pikes pike 3 peak national forest sheile it his proved en entirely tirel satisfactory III hemeier here he reier pr dead timber is located new the track it 11 Is sold fou foi ties douglas fir limber pine bellow ellow pine taime pine and ocasio occasional nall I 1 agle mann spruce are the specie used in ili denser col dai timber has len usail for a number pr ol 01 0 nears ears lor for loies boxes with excellent results th species specie used vere malel spruce and lodgepole pine limber r and douglas fit were nere also used in email quantities the first two did tery yell the spruce which was used tor for such exacting packages pack agea as cracker and boxes dead littier Is eminently suited for making boxes and crates because it Is odor ka and ill ib perfectly seasoned la in smaller emiller em iller quantities dead timber gimbor has baa ben been used for telephone and telegraph polea dimension stuff and fence vests posits |
