Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1910 — STAIN WOOD AS IT GROWS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STAIN WOOD AS IT GROWS.

The idea of staining wood as it grows seems revolutionary, but a Louisiana man has Invented a process by which this can be done. By this method it is claimed any light wood can be made practically any darker color or dark wood made still darker, though

it will be difficult to lighten the natural shades. It also obviates the necessity of dyeing mahogany or other woods of this nature. A bucket of col-' orlng fluid is hung just below the branches of a young tree, or any tree that is in good, healthy condition. A hose runs from this bucltet to a point near the base of the tree and here the bark and some of the fibers are cut out and the coloring matter applied to the pores thus exposed. As the sap flows through the tree the stain is circulated with it and the wood changes its color to any shade desired. The possibilities of such a process are almost unlimited, and some unusual colorings can be obtained in this manner. The expense of dyeing the wood later is also saved. —Chicago Tribune.

TREES COLOR THEMSELVES.