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allowed to stand for 2-J years were considerably damaged 
by borers. 
(ii) Pole wood. —The best results were obtained either by felling 
in August, and seasoning the poles with bark on or by immers¬ 
ing the poles directly after felling, allowing them to remain 
in the water for 4 to 6 weeks and subsequent drying on land 
for upwards to a year. 
(c) Other methods of seasoning — 
( i ) Timber from the log. —Little inferior to the results obtained by 
girdling in Kurseong, were those from experiments carried 
out in South Chanda, by which the logs were converted 
green and the material immersed in water for 5 to 9 months, 
followed by seasoning on land in a shed for a year or more. 
All methods by which the timber' was seasoned in the log,, 
resulted in excessive splitting. 
(ii) Pole wood. —There is little difference in the poles felled in January 
and April, and seasoned either with or without bark; they 
were all in very fairly good condition. 
(d) General remarks. —This timber is naturally very faulty and there¬ 
fore is not suitable for cutting into planks ; on the other hand, if properly 
seasoned, it produces moderately good rafters and scantlings and good 
posts. 
(19) Machilus odoratissima (Appendix IV-19). 
(a) Locality where tested. —Darjeeling Division, Bengal. 
(b) Best method of seasoning. —Mr; Gent, who inspected this timber, 
states that distinctly the best results have been obtained by girdling the 
trees, the logs from which have produced good sound timber. The 
trees require very careful girdling owing to the fluted nature of the stems. 
The girdling period is fixed at 3 years. 
(c) Other methods of seasoning. —Seasoning the timber in the log, 
with bark off and untreated ends, yielded timber little inferior to that 
obtained from girdled trees, while logs with treated ends and bark on 
were attacked by fungus, due no doubt to retention of moisture in the 
timber. Converting the timber from green logs and water seasoning 
both gave poor results. 
(d) General remarks. —A good sound timber, useful for internal 
construction. 
(20) Michelia Champaca (Appendix IV-20). 
(а) Locality where tested. —Kurseong Division, Bengal. 
(б) Best method of seasoning. —The best results were obtained by 
girdling the trees and allowing them to stand for 24 years, followed 
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