STERILISED POST HOLES
An engineer in Budapesth has invented a process for the preservation of wood which bids fair to be of most economic importance. The process is intended to be applied to ..wood used in outdoor construction, such as railroad ties, telegraph poles, fences, palisades, and the like. It consists of the sterilisation of the surrounding soil by means of a liquid poured into the hole in the eanth before the post or tie is planted. The liquid is composed of chemicals which effectually destroy all insect life and all cryptogamous vegetation in the surrounding earth. This prevents the rotting of the wood without the necessity of treating it with creosote, so that both time and expense are saved in many
cases.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 7
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123STERILISED POST HOLES Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 15 May 1912, Page 7
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