Wood-preservative package

A wood-preservative package comprising:

• a first flexible sheet;
• a wood-preservative material having a grease-like consistency arranged in a layer upon said first flexible sheet;
• a perforated flexible sheet overlying said preservative material and secured to the marginal edge of said first flexible sheet, the perforations in said perforated flexible sheet being of sufficient number and dimension to permit said wood-preservative material to pass through said perforations, said perforations being arranged in a pattern, said pattern comprising a plurality of successive courses of perforations one above another, the perforations in one course not being centered on vertical lines directly above the perforations in the next lower course, said pattern repeating itself at least once over the vertical extent of said perforated flexible sheet;
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• another flexible sheet overlying and secured to said perforated flexible sheet.