In 1963? I'm guessing for-real. I've heard a number of stories of using waste oil on fence posts and around similar things so as to keep bugs away or to kill plants and things.
In that timeframe, my father (ran a small plant with a clay dirt road to the main road) took the "burnt" waste oil from 2 service stations and spread it about twice a year to keep dust down on the dirt road.In 1963? I'm guessing for-real. I've heard a number of stories of using waste oil on fence posts and around similar things so as to keep bugs away or to kill plants and things.
Well, something similar might be the last step before pouring asphalt on dirt … I know the county barn used to take motor oil and tossed it in with the paving mix …In that timeframe, my father (ran a small plant with a clay dirt road to the main road) took the "burnt" waste oil from 2 service stations and spread it about twice a year to keep dust down on the dirt road.
How times have changed.