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CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ... ... ... i&j To face 1 



MEANING OF THE WORD WATTLE ... ... ... .......... 1 



DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF BARK ... ... ' ... 1 



Part I. 



CULTIVATION OF WATTLES 5 



THE SOIL. 



a. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 5 



b. PREPARATION OF THE LAND ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 



c. MOISTURE 6 



THE SEED. 



a. COMMERCE IN WATTLE SEED 7 



b. QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED TO THE ACRE .. ... ... ... ... 8 



c. PREPARATION OF SEED FOR GERMINATION .., ... ... ... ... 9 



d. THE BAMBOO METHOD OF PLANTING ... ... ... ... .. ... 10 



e. BROAD-CAST SOWING " ; 12 



THE TREE AND ITS BARK. 



a. PRUNING AND THINNING ... ... ... ... .., ... ... ... 14 



b. TIME OF YEAR FOR STRIPPING 15 



c. How TO STRIP 15 



d. AGE AND SIZE OF TREES ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 15 



e. To INCREASE BULK OF BARKS ... ... ., ... .., ... ... 16 



/. FIBRE IN BARKS 16 



fj. DRYING OF BARK 17 



h. GRADING OF BARK 17 



. EXPORT, PACKING, &c 18 



'k. ADULTERATIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS ... ... ... .., ... ... 19 



PROFIT AND LOSS AND MINOR INDUSTRIES. 



PROFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM WATTLE CULTIVATION ... ... ... ... 19 



DETAILED ESTIMATES ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 



OBJECTIONS TO WATTLE GROWING CONSIDERED 24 



EXTRACTS 25 



WATTLE GALLS 29 



WATTLE GUM 29 



