BUTTER-BOX TIMBERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 8

BUTTER-BOX TIMBERS.

J A QUESTION IN PAELIAMENT. ' [ In tho House of Kcprcsejitatives'.yJfe.' ! ' contly, 'Mr.' G. JI. • Thomson,; M.P. : .'ior [g.5 ; ",v .cDimedin: North, - asked: tho ■ ?;' Governirient iii s? .whether' theywould .consider tho desiia- ! . '•' bility of offering rewards for '(a) a "pro-, jl- 'fiv.cess., which HviU' render :white-pine: timber.' p'S/ft proof'against the; borer, • without' impair-; ; ing- its; value, as • a wood • for butter-boxes,' j;-".. and (b)'a process to enable other timbers |t: . not- now suitablo for butter-boxes..to be fcv'j;.•>:.■ sfc.utilised'iff 'y-,); S'•'■''' ! The: Hon. T. Mackenzio (Ministor. lor |.. . Agriculture) stated; in reply, on Wednesday, [;V; .y: that..:many:pro.ces'ses r that. artificially ■ s'ea- |• son timber; and render... it. more - or.: less j- . : immune against tho dry-rot borer, had (. . /been patented, and wero'well-known. -As Ki ;.,': some ;6f : rth'ese TprocesMs [were,:already:. : in' f .uso.in New Zealand, and.were taken tj.;,'., advantage,' of persons; who con-' .thatrihe .cxp'enso'.of ,treating the f'-i") • 'timber was- counterbalanced: by immunity j. . from>dry-rot'and borer, it -was not considered Uhat" any bonus need' be offered as •, suggested'.'. >.■ With'; regard»to .the ;second p:v -v part of the question, it might he pointed i'.. out that •it was "not so much a matter. [ . of utilising, other timber for butter-box |i-J.:< making as of the' extra expense in so doing;-and-'though: other /varietiesof pine ;. •or minor New Zealand woods had .been t;;. experimented with for this purpose, it f.r ■ was:, usually found: that;; white-pine was i',; ■ obtainable more readily;iandoin-greater ij{ : quantities, and -was'■ also much cheaper S-.'... than. : any.other 'timber equally 'suitable. : \ yi;- ; f