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mass in one basket, which is the case when each picker 

 brings his or her leaf to the factory twice a day. The 

 pickers are paid so much per basket, holding in any case 

 2\ Ibs. I find the most convenient plan is to give the 

 mangee in charge of the pickers tickets of any kind for this, 

 which tickets are changed for money in the evening. As 

 each load of leaf comes in through the day it is weighed, 

 and this gives a check on the tickets given by the mangee 

 or mate. This is the meaning of the two columns in the 

 form below, " tickets by leaf" and " tickets paid." 



In the form the first column of " leaf results" shows the 

 condition of the leaf when picked, whether wet (W) or dry 

 (D). Unless this were noted the proper amount of Teas 

 the leaf ought to make could not be known, and there would 

 be no check against theft, which is carried on to a great 

 extent in many gardens. 



As explained previously, only the sections ready in each 

 garden are picked. The sections are not entered in the 

 form, only the number of the garden. The flushes now 

 noted are the 2oth, in some the 2ist, or 22nd in others. 



The Tea is calculated from the leaf. It should be 25 per 

 cent, if the leaf is picked dry, and 22 per cent, if picked 

 wet. As each load comes in a memorandum is made as to 

 whether it is dry or wet, and the figures in the column " Tea 

 should be" are thus found. 



The Tea is weighed the morning after it is made and 

 entered in the column " Tea made." The percentage it 

 bears to the leaf is then calculated and entered in the 

 account column. 



After sifting the whole is weighed again, and the result 

 entered in the column " Tea after sifting." Doing this is 

 very important, for it checks theft. Directly after it is 

 weighed this second time it is put in the bins in the store. 



