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logs and, therefore, cracked and twisted badly. There was no dis- 
coloration or fungal growth except some decay which may have 
been in the tree before felling. There was a slight amount of insect 
damage in the girdled trees. 
Girdling reduced the surface cracking more than any other method, 
but because of cupping and twisting gave general results slightly 
inferior to those obtained from seasoning in the log. 
Water seasoning caused the greatest amount of surface cracking 
and gave the poorest general results. 
This wood requires very careful handling during the seasoning to 
prevent excessive damage from cracking and twisting. After con- 
version the timber should be adequately protected against rapid 
drying. The twisting may be minimized by proper methods of 
stacking. The logs should be converted so far as possible during or 
near the end of the rainy season. 
j 'S) D.ichopsis aliiptica (Appendix 1 — 1-8). Coorg. 
Due to the brashness of the wood and to the fact that the 
unseasoned logs were full of shake and similar inherent defects, this 
species splft very severely during the seasoning. There was little 
depreciation from warping and twisting, even in the wide boards, 
and the surface cracking was mostly along original defects in the 
pieces; consequently, in spite of the serious splitting, the wood can 
hardly be classed as especially refractory under the seasoning process. 
There was slight damage by borers in the felled logs held for 
seasoning. 
The difference in the results obtained by the various seasoning 
treatments was not marked. However, there was considerable 
difference in the quality of the material tested under the four 
methods, and this must be taken into account in judging the results. 
The timber, especially the scantlings, converted from green logs had 
more original defects than that seasoned in the log prior to conver- 
sion. The boards subjected to water seasoning in the river broke 
away from their anchorage so that they were badly split. 
Seasoning in the log is not recommended because of the liability 
to insect damage and splitting. Any of the other three methods 
may be followed although green conversion may be expected to give 
slightly better results than water seasoning and girdling. Inasmuch 
as girdling involves the felling of partially seasoned trees it probably 
increases the shakiness of the logs. 
The seasoning process aggravates and brings out the inherent 
defects of this timber and therefore involves considerable depreciation 
due to splitting. However, boards and scantlings which are perfectly 
sound prior to seasoning should come through with little depreciation. 
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