Excerpt from Sap-Rot and Other Diseases of the Red Gum In many regions where the red gum is cut for its lumber the logs are sawed in the woods and are then skidded either to the railroad or, more frequently, to the bank of some river. Where logs are taken to the mill by means of a railroad and sawed at once the sap-rot usually does not give much trouble. The boards dry out in the piles to such an extent that the growth of the fungus is made impossible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.