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Lumber shipped green can be protected against decay

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...

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Technical Report

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objection to lumber shipped green is that it may be damaged by wood-decaying fungi, either in transit or
Significance of air-dry wood in controlling rot caused by Poria incrassata

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...

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Technical Report

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were alive in the wood after 24 hours, With drying at a relative humidity of 65 percent, marked loss