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1 record found

Fence Post Farm

Purpose

This area is known as the Fence Post Farm. It is a testing site for various treatments and varieties of fence posts that was established by T. J. Starker and has been measured since by Forest Products personnel.

Project Start Date

1928-01-27

Project End Date

1999-12-31

Related Publications

Miller, D.J. Service life of Treated and Untreated Fence Posts: 1985 Post-Farm Report. Corvallis, Oregon: Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, 1986.

Miller, Donald; Morrell, Jeffrey; and Schneider, Philip. Service life of treated and untreated fence posts: 1996 Post Farm Report. August 1999, Forest Research Laboratory, Oregon State University.

Morell, J.J., and Mark Newbill. Kerfing to Prevent Decay of Doug-fir Poles: An Update. Forest Products Journal 36 (6): 63-67. 1985.

Morell, J.J., S.M. Smith, M.A. Newbill, and R.D. Graham. Reducing Internal and External Decay of Untreated Doug-fir Poles: A field test. Forest Products Journal 36 (4): 47-52. 1986.

Project Categories

Forest Products
Wood Treatment

Keywords

Fence post farm
wood treatment
fence decay
telephone poles
TJ Starker
Starker
Forest products
fencing
fences
chemical treatment
wood resistance
Jeffrey Morrell
poles

Additional Information

Currently Active

Yes

Agency

OSU

Project Type

Research

Research Forest

N/A

Researcher

Morrell, Jeffrey J.

Role

C

Collaborators

N/A

Debug Fields

Fields that will be removed when going live.

Import Unique ID

3

Project ID

3