=(3) Bark.=—In the past, the annual home supply of bark was estimated at about 300,000 tons, but, in addition to this some 30,000 tons were imported from the Continent; but of late years, owing to the employment of chemical substitutes, the amount used is much smaller. For tanning purposes, oak, and occasionally larch, bark is principally in use in this country, though both willow and alder are largely used for the same purpose in various countries, more especially in Russia. Although not at present a valuable product, a small margin of profit, even at the present low price, will accrue through careful and judicious management of the bark crop. Of this we are fully convinced. It is, perhaps, not so well known as it should be that of our two varieties of oak, _Quercus Robur pedunculata_ and _Q. R. sessiliflora_—the former contains 15 and the latter only 13 per cent. of tannin. The branches, too, down to an inch in diameter, contain a relatively higher proportion of tannin than the bark of the stem. The stripping and harvesting of oak bark having received notice in a separate paper, nothing further need be said of these here. =(4) Faggots.=—These are made of the smaller branches or spray, the remains of charcoal wood, etc., and tied into bundles similar in size to a sheaf of wheat. They are either left lying on the ground or standing upright in threes or fours together for a few days after being made, previous to being stacked, as they always are for about six months before being used. In thinning a woodland the faggots are usually bound up by contract at 4_s._ 6_d._ per hundred, except when the wood is exceptionally rough and crooked, when another shilling is added. When stacked and dry they realize about 16_s._ per hundred in the wood, thus giving a clear profit of 11_s._ 6_d._, if we deduct 4_s._ 6_d._, for binding, per hundred. In England the demand for these faggots is considerable, they being used either for kiln purposes, or, when chopped up into smaller bundles, for fire-lighting. These latter are about 9 in. long, and half that in diameter, and are bound tightly round the centre with tarred rope. Previous to the war they were sold at 3_s._ 6_d._ per hundred. This is a good and profitable way of getting rid of all superfluous spray and branches. Brush or kiln faggots, which are largely used for brick-burning, consist of all refuse woodland scrub, and when tied up and dry can be sold at from 5_s._ to 6_s._ per hundred for the brick-kilns. They are made by contract at 2_s._ 6_d._ per hundred. By the utilizing of this otherwise waste-product, every twig and branch is carefully gathered together, and the woodlands are thus kept in a neat and healthy condition.