The Common Commercial Timbers of India and their uses

In conclusion the attention of the public is drawn to the fact that the new forest products laboratories at Dehra Dun are now the largest and probably the best equipped of any Forest Research Institute in the world and the advice and experience of the many specialists employed there are alwayg at the disposal of timber users and others whether large or small without any charge. [...] If however the timber is to be piled in the open then a slope of one foot in 10 should be allowed in the direction of the length of the boards at the top of the pile to allow rainwater to run off."Trotter:— Indian Timbers. [...] in the case of refractory timbers the end of the pile of seasoning timber should face the direction of the prevailing dry winds or. in other words the length of the pile should be in the same diretion as the prevailing winds. [...] The second layer of crossers must be placed exactly above the first layer with a layer of planks in between and so on up the pile so that when the ends of the crossers are seen from the side of the pile they are all in one straight vertical line from the bottom of the pile to the top. [...] We now come to the second factor of importance namely the protection of the stack from the hot dry prevailing winds the blazing Indian sun and the rain ; the first two being the chief causes of too rapid drying of the wood and consequent splitting and cracking.