Utilization of Black Locust (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Utilization of Black LocustIn Europe, where it was introduced from North America in 1635, locust suffers little damage from the locust borer, and the wood finds commercial use not only for the products common in the United States but for spokes, shafts, and other parts of carriages and light vehicles as a substitute for ash, handles for agricultural implements such as plows and cultivators, ladder rungs, vine stakes, and hop poles. It is also used in Europe for ax, pick, and other similar tool handles, fence pickets, screw plugs for railway-tie spikes, rake and harrow teeth, lath, toys, stopcocks, table legs, chair rungs and other turnery, gear teeth, tiller arms, stanchions, and pulleys. Where the timber is large enough it is occasionally used for clapboards.Black locust handles for axes, picks, and such tools in Europe are admittedly not as strong as hickory handles used in similar tools in this country. The wood does not withstand shock as does hickory, but in the hands of the average European laborer, who is inclined to be more careful with his tools than is the average American laborer, good service is secured from black locust.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.