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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1956
Page
4
Lancaster Farming reports chemical debarking of standing trees may boost incomes for Solanco farmers. Experts Harold Geiger and Joseph Lesley say treated timber can peel in 2 3 months, yielding about $6 more per cord despite $1 1.10 cost per cord for chemicals and labor.
The article explains advantages of chemical pulpwood treatment for woodlots in Southern Lancaster County. Trees can be stored on stump until cutting, bark peeled cheaply, peeling year round, and fewer damage incidents on nearby trees. Treated wood yields higher peeled wood income, easier splitting, and supports targeted removal of trees. The new farming field focuses on timber production for the pulp industry.
A 40 percent sodium arsenate solution is painted on tree bases to debark wood. Treated trees die within a week and sap flow carries the solution upward, as demonstrated by a Gladfelter test using radioactive tracers. Within four hours arsenate appeared in leaves at the treetop, aiding bark separation after death.
Governor Thomas B. Stanley's Plant More Trees program in Richmond, Virginia, reached its first year target of planting 20 million seedlings. The Virginia Division of Forestry said demand could have added 3 million more seedlings, but supplies were exhausted.
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