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Creator:: Scheffer, Theodore C. (Theodore Comstock), 1904-2003, United States. Division of Forest Pathology, and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Abstract:: Intelligent selection of wood for the job it is to do is particularly essential during wartime conditions of scarcity when supplies must be conserved and useful life extended. One way of increasing the service life of wood exposed to damp conditions is to select material that has a high natural...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: The decay resistance of oak wood OREoi FOREST PRODUCTS

Creator:: Hartley, Carl, 1887-1968, United States. Division of Forest Pathology, and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Abstract:: No one prefers green lumber. Its higher shipping weight, poorer nail-holding power, and shrinkage after fabrication are well known, but the present pressure for deliveries results in much of it being accepted. Another major objection to lumber shipped green is that is may be damaged bu wood-decaying fungi, either in...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: objection to lumber shipped green is that it may be damaged by wood-decaying fungi, either in transit or

Creator:: Scheffer, Theodore C. (Theodore Comstock), 1904-2003 and United States. Division of Forest Pathology
Abstract:: The heartwood of mesquite (Prosopis juliflora var. velutina) and of Utah juniper (Juniperus utahensis) is generally considered to have outstanding decay resistance. Quantitative evidence of the juniper superiority appears in a study of old fence lines by Meagher. Nearly three fourths of the juniper posts averaging 3.6 inches in diameter...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: juniper post wood Forest Pathology Special Release No. 34. February 1950 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

Creator:: Scheffer, Theodore C. (Theodore Comstock), 1904-2003, Chidester, Mae Spradling, United States. Division of Forest Pathology, and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Abstract:: The rat caused by Pozia incrassata (Berk, and Curt.) Burt (sometimes erroneously called "dry rot") in individual cases is the most destructive of the building decays in the warm coastal portions of the United States and the South. The fungus usually attacks rapidly and may cause damage necessitating extensive repairs...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Significance of air-dry wood in controlling rot caused by

Creator:: Christensen, Clyde Martin, 1905-1993, Moses, C. S., United States. Division of Forest Pathology, and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Abstract:: Wood joints properly made with protein glue should last indefinitely under dry conditions. However, under moist conditions some glues are subject to the actions of micro-organisms and chemical hydrolysis. In previous work the action of bacteria has been discounted as the cause of delimitation of casein glued plywood in the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: United. States Department of Agriculture Wood joints properly made with protein glues should last

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