LUMBER FROM STRAW.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 27, 16 September 1911, Page 8

LUMBER FROM STRAW.

It will probably he news to many readers that artificial lumber is now being produced, and is being used for many things for which wood has hitherto been regarded as indispensable. It. is the intention of Mr. Oliver N. Harbor, of Barberton, Ohio, who has already won prominence and a her competence by inventing laminaccd chair seats. The artificial lumber is made under special processes from strawhoard, or directly from sti aw and from waste paper. The specimens that have been produced "ary in thickness from an eight of an inch upwards, and range from narrow mnu' iiag to hoards 4ft. wide and 12ft. long. The inventor claims that it can lie impregnated with any desired colour during manufacture or can he given a highly polished surface finish. He further assorts that it is susceptible to all kinds of tool treatment, is free from knots and shakes, with their consequent waste, and it can also ho used in embossing. His invention with its wide range of possibilities in the matter of crude material, is sure to command widespread attention at a time when the question of building material is coming in for such general consideration.