Site | Treatment | Mean Number of End Splits | Mean Length of Worst End Split (mm) | Mean Number of Surface Checks | Mean Length of Worst Surface Checks (>12.5) (mm) | Rejected Poles (%) |
High lands | A | 2.8 (1.8) | 261.6 (80.2) | 2.3 (0.7) | 238.4 (42.9) | 21 |
B | 3.4 (1.1) | 248.9 (81.6) | 2.7 (0.7) | 309.1 (65.2) | 29 | |
C | 3.9 (0.87) | 342.3 (88.2) | 3.4 (0.8) | 380.6 (78.4) | 42 | |
Mean | 3.4 (1.2) | 284.27 (83.3) | 2.8 (0.7) | 309.4 (50.1) | 31 | |
Low lands | A | 1.8 (0.4) | 183.8 (31.5) | 1.9 (0.2) | 149.9 (26.9) | 8 |
B | 2.4 (0.9) | 228.5 (20.9) | 2.1 (0.2) | 235.7 (36.7) | 13 | |
C | 2.9 (0.9) | 247.3 (16.2) | 3.4 (0.4) | 241.3 (41.3) | 21 | |
Mean | 2.4 (0.7) | 219.9 (22.9) | 2.5 (0.3) | 209.0 (35.0) | 14 |