5*5 



Freight 40*. per ton (say $18) ... ... 18 OO 



Collecting at 4 cents per 1,000, per ton... 18 64 

 Decorticating, per ton ... ... 2 50 



Packing, per ton ... ... 15 OO 



Value on market £10 to £12 (say $93.50 



i.e. £11) ... ... 93 50 



Cost of putting on market ... ... 54 14 



Total net profit per ton ... 39 36 

 that is 5-4 acres give §39.36 profit /. e. $7.00 per acre. 

 In these prosperous times when rubber profits are calculated by 

 hundreds of dollars per acre, the discussion of an additional profit of 

 $7 per acre may seem trivial, but since the seed cannot be allowed 

 1st be removed, some steps must 

 . constant and large bulk of rubber 

 possible that the price of this 

 siderably and become an item of 

 'mportance in the profits of a Rubber Estate. 



•he value of the seed for cattle cake has not yet been estimated, 



figu seed is greedil y eaten h y animals and has a hi £ h nutritive 



Consignments of the present crop decorticated and with the 

 shell on are being sent home by the Department of Agriculture 

 ar |d the market values and condition of these on reaching Europe 

 W »I be made the subject of a further note. 



J. B. CARRUTHERS. 

 GUAYALE RUBBER. 



me ago the home papers 



_.. utpe of Guayale Rubber which 

 come into considerable prominence within the last couple of vears. 

 'he following notes may allay fears and are of interest, they are 

 ch 'e% obtained from important article by Dr. R. ENDLICH. on the 

 P^sent position and outlook of the Guayale industry in the July 

 " u "iber of the Trofienhflanzer, the organ of the German Colonial 

 E <*nomic Committee. 



f he source of Guayale is " Parthcninm argentatum A. Gray," a 

 with an average height of two feet, growing on thr plat, aux 

 ^Mexico. It appears to thrive best in a dry climate and on soils 

 COnt *nin g a good deal of liim- ; in laU it is doubtful if it is suited 



