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(9) Cedrela Toona (Appendix IV-9). 
(a) Locality where tested. —Kuiseong Division, Bengal. 
(b) Best method oj seasoning .—The best results were obtained by 
girdling the trees, and conversion immediately • after felling. Felling 
the trees after they had stood girdled for one year, gave slightly better 
results than by allowing them to. stand for 18 months or two years. 
The sawn material should be carefully stacked under cover and seasoned 
for a further period of 6 to 12 months. 
(c) Other methods of seasoning. —Slightly inferior results to those 
recorded above were obtained by seasoning the timber in the log, with 
bark on and with the ends smeared with either Loracine or Tar. 
The results obtained by seasoning the timber converted from green logs, 
•as also by seasoning in the log with bark off were very unsatisfactory. 
(d) General remarks. —This is an excellent timber for cutting into 
planks, and if properly seasoned will find a ready market. 
(10) Dalbergia latifolia (Appendix IV-10). 
(а) Locality where tested. —North Division, Kanara, Bombay. 
(б) Best method of seasoning. —The best results have been obtained 
by seasoning the timber in rough hewn squares. The period of season¬ 
ing according to this method is from 18 to 24 months. 
(c) Other methods of seasoning. —All methods of seasoning, other than 
green conversion, gave satisfactory results. When this timber is conver¬ 
ted from green logs, and exposed to atmospheric influences it loses much 
of its colour, on which its value largely depends. 
(d) General remarks. —This timber is often faulty in the centre so 
that when under conversion, it should-be quartered so as to reject about 
4" of the core. 
(11) Dalbergia Sissoo (Appendix IV-11). 
(a) Locality where tested .—Ramnagar Division, United Provinces ; 
and Lahore Division, Punjab. 
{b) Best method of seasoning. —Girdling the trees for 18 months followed 
by conversion and seasoning for 12 to 18 months in the plank has given 
the best results. Probably 6 months in the plank after girdling would 
be sufficient, if in a dry locality. 
(c) Other methods of seasoning. —Slightly inferior to girdling is immer^ 
sion of the logs in water for 4 months, followed by land seasoning for a 
year and then conversion into planks and rafters. The worst results 
were obtained by seasoning the timber in the log, with bark off, which 
resulted in bad splitting. 
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