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ready for budding when from six to twelve months 
old ; older stumps that have already been planted 
out in the field are not recommended as stocks. 
Budding should not be performed during the win- 
tering period or during wet weather. 
A sharp knife and a supply of waxed binding cloth 
are required. Ordinary unbleached cotton cloth is 
suitable and is readily procurable. For waxing, the 
following ingredients are recommended: — 
50 per cent. Petroleum Jelly (Parafiinum 
Molle Flav). 
50 per cent. White Paraffin Wax (melting 
point 120°/130 c F.). 
These substances are melted together in a kerosine 
tin over a fire and, after thorough mixing, the 
mixture is ready for waxing the cloth and is removed 
from the fire. A convenient size for the cloth is 
16 inches wide by 10 yards long. The cloth is 
immersed in the warm liquid wax and subsequently 
hung over a frame in a cool shed to dry. After 
cutting into strips 16 inches long by 1 inch broad, 
the cloth is ready for use. 
Mature bark only should be used as “ bud-wood ” 
and it must peel readily from the branches of the 
mother tree. The branches should be removed from 
the trees early in the morning and be cut into short 
lengths; they are then stored in kerosine tins and 
covered with damp sacking to prevent evaporation. 
A rectangular tongue of bark, 2-3 inches long by 
one third the circumference of the stem, is lifted 
at the base of the stump, and a bud, attached to 
a piece of bark of approximately the same size, 
from the selected tree, is inserted beneath. Buds 
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