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The following series of photographs will serve to illustrate this method of 

 working the " Mallee Scrub " in the Wyalong district of New South Wales, so 

 that an abundance of new leaf may be produced, and also to free the country 

 from certain objectionable growths common to the "Mallee" in its natural state. 



Plate xcv represents the heavy roller and the way the material is broken 

 down in preparation for burning off. 



Plate xcvi shows the "face" of the " Mallee" still remaining, and also 

 where the roller has passed along, crushing everything in its path. 



PLATE XCV. 



PLATE XCVI. 



Roller used for crushing down the " Mallee " growth 

 prior to burning off. 



" Mallee " growth, showing path of the roller and 

 the face of remaining "Mallee." 



Plate xcvn, taken twelve months after the fire, shows the foliaceous 

 growth which had 'taken place, and nearly the whole of the leaf shown in the 

 picture is that of E. polybractea. 



Although machinery has not yet been employed to cut and collect this 

 new growth, yet it is thought that such a method of working should not be 

 difficult, and it is proposed to endeavour to devise machinery to do this 

 work, in order to minimise the initial cost of collection. 



