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...
Dipping or spraying green lumber with stain control chemicals has been reported recently as valuable for delaying or preventing stain and decay infection in bulk-piled lumber, as well as in the air-seasoning piles for which such treatments were originally developed. But it should be kept in mind that if lumber...
Published October 1951. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published August 1929. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published May 1931. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog