On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:05:32 -0500, the infamous James Waldby
scrawled the following:

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:57:33 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:05:37 -0400, Wes wrote
Larry Jaques wrote:

Drop by your library and pick up a copy of _The Wheelwright's Shop_ by
George Sturt. Wunnerful read. Elm's the ticket for hubs, or was.

My library doesn't have it. [...]

We may have some elm, I remember uncle taking down some elm that
he was worried would die anyway, I'll have to ask what he cut it
into. I know I don't have any here.

I believe he used the crotches for the hubs. They had the strongest
crosslinked cells of all the hardwoods they'd tried.

For about 30 years, several states have prohibited doing much
with elm except burning, shredding, or burying it. All states
except Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico
and Utah have quarantines against bringing elm wood into them,
per http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/NURSERY/reg_ded.shtml
and http://www.elmcare.com/caring/disposal_of_dead_elms.htm
which says "Wood should be burned immediately. It should not be
stored. Some communities have strict by-laws prohibiting the
storage and transportation of elm firewood. If there is
insufficient space for burning, the wood can be buried."
Some of the rules only apply to elm that died of Dutch Elm
Disease, but many are so broad they apply to any elm.

Amazing.


Things may be changing. Last May, Manitoba repealed its
11-year-old Dutch Elm Disease Act with all its elaborate
provisions like allowing peace officers and others to stop
vehicles and search them for that highly dangerous substance,
elm wood. ("The driver shall immediately bring the vehicle or
machinery to a stop and remained stopped as long as the officer
considers necessary in order that the officer may inspect the
vehicle or machinery for elm wood.")
http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/repealed/d107e.php

And this _started_ in 1998?!? I thought that DED was long gone, but I
was mistaken.
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/ho...ednecrosis.htm

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/trees/pp324w.htm

To bring this back on topic, I believe elm bark beatles listen to
heavy metal music.

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook