On loose sandy soil, it might even be unnecessary to break up the soil in any way; the furrows may be dispensed with, and the seed sown broadcast after the land is harrowed. After the plants have come up, they should be thinned so that they stand 6-8 ft. apart. When the young trees have attained the height of 3-4 ft., the lower branches should be pruned off, and every effort afterwards made to keep the stem straight and clear, in order to facilitate the stripping, and induce an increased yield of bark. It is advisable that the black and broad-leaved should be grown separately, as the black wattle, being of much larger and quicker growth, would oppress the slower-growing broad-leaved one. Care should be taken to replace every tree stripped by re-sowing, in order that there should be as little variation in the yield as possible. The months of September-December, in Victoria, are those in which the sap rises without intermission, and the bark is charged with tannin. Analysis proves that the bark from trees growing on limestone is greatly inferior in tannin to that obtained from other formations, differing 10-25 per cent. The estimated expenditure on a wattle-bark plantation of 100 acres during 8 years is:-- £ _s._ _d._ Rent of 100 acres for 8 years at 6_s._ per acre per annum 240 0 0 Ploughing 100 acres in drills 10 ft. apart 25 0 0 Sowing wattles and actual cultivation, including cost of seed 37 10 0 Supervision for 8 years (nominal), say 10_l._ per annum 80 0 0 Pruning the trees, taking off useless wood (necessary for 2 years), 10_s._ per annum 50 0 0 Incidental and unforeseen expenses 27 10 0 Interest on the whole amount expended during 8 years 240 0 0 ───────────── 700 0 0 Actual cost of stripping and carting, as shown below 1515 0 0 ───────────── £2215 0 0 ───────────── The receipts derivable from a wattle plantation of 100 acres, planted in the manner proposed, would be:-- £ _s._ _d._ Each acre planted with wattles, 10 ft. apart, would carry 400 trees, and at end of 5th year trees would yield say 56 lb. matured bark: stripping only every 3rd tree, 332 trees would be obtained off 100 acres: this, at 4_l._ per ton, would give for 1st stripping 1332 0 0