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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 176, 28 February 1867, Page 2

To Preserve Timber.— An account of a useful discovery for settlers is in a Marlborough paper :— '" It is peculiar to the wood of this, neighborhood that; it .quickly; decays when placed in thb ground', and the discovery of any antiseptic that:' will- prevent it from rotting must be of considerable impoitauce. Oueiieighbor, Mr Budge; lias been trying a series of .experiments during the past year, 'with the .-object 'of discoveririg such a remedy, and wemay say most decidedly that he succeeded. /We have before us two pieces of wood, both have been placed in the grouml for exactly a year" beneath the eavedroppings of a house, and consequently in a most favorable position for the experiment. One piece shows very evident signs of decay, while the other is perfectly sound and cliean. Before being- placed ill the ;: gVpund| the; latter piece;, was immersed for five /days in a : solution, of ordinary bluestpue or sulphate of copper in the proportion ;pf^llb to 20 quarts 1 of/water, we are sure, that many of our farmers who are engaged in fencing will be obliged to Mr Budge for malting known the^ si;c.c.essf\i] re-, suit of the oxperiment,"