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run high from March to June. There are, however, extremely instruc¬ 
tive in that they show that even a timber of the quality and high 
reputation of Teak requires careful treatment. 
(29) Terminalia Arjuna (Appendix IV-29). 
(a) Locality where tested. —South Chanda Division, Central Provinces ; 
and Jhansi Division, United Provinces. 
(b) Best method of seasoning. —In South Chanda, equally good results 
were obtained by felling in January and seasoning in the log, with bark 
on, for 24 months followed by seasoning in the plank for a year and by 
girdling the trees and allowing them to stand for 24 months, followed 
by seasoning in the plank for a year. In Jhansi Division the best results 
were obtained by converting green logs, and seasoning the planks under 
cover for 24 months. In the Chanda experiments 85 per cent, and in 
the Jhansi experiments 76 per cent., of sound timber was obtained from 
seasoning by the above described methods. 
(c) Other methods of seasoning. —Logs felled either in April or August 
yielded timber which cracked considerably, while those logs which were 
seasoned with bark on suffered from borers. Logs left in the forest in 
the shade, suffered from borers, especially the sap-wood which was 
entirely destroyed. Logs immersed in water, warped and cracked seri¬ 
ously both in Chanda and Jhansi. 
( d) General remarks. —The timber is liable to warp badly, so should 
be stacked in as high piles as permissible. It is a good sound timber 
if properly seasoned, more suitable for scantlings and posts than for 
planking. 
(30) Terminalia belerica (Appendix IV-30). 
(a) Locality where tested. —Kurseong Division, Bengal. 
(b) Best method of seasoning. —The only satisfactory method of 
dealing with this timber is to girdle the trees and to leave them standing 
for 12 to 18 months, followed by felling and conversion and subsequent 
seasoning for a short period in a shed. 
(c) Other methods of seasoning. —All other methods of seasoning 
yielded rotten timber due to fungus and insect attack. Converting 
green logs, immersing the sawn material at once in water, followed by 
seasoning in a shed was not tried, though it is thought that it might 
yield good results. 
(d) General remarks. —This is a low grade timber though, if properly 
handled, it would no doubt yield fair rafters for internal work, if well 
protected by paint or creosote. 
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