76 EXPENSE IX AMEKICA. 



Sieves (additional), 50, at 50 cents each, - 25 00 

 Plucking leaves say 1,200 Ibs. of green leaf 



per acre on 100 acres, 120,000 Ibs., at 60 



Ibs. for 20 cents, - - 400 00 



Manufacturing 60 Ibs. green leaf at 20 cents, 



120,000 Ibs., - - 400 00 



Charcoal and firewood, 10 cents per 100 Ibs. 



dried tea, or on 30,000 Ibs. manufactured, - 30 00 

 Packages for 80 Ibs. 50 cents, on 30,000 Ibs. - 187 50 



Total expense, -$1,08250 



RETURNS. 



Per acre, 300 Ibs., or 30,000 Ibs. on 1 00 acres ; 



say valued at 20 cents per lb., - - $6,000 00 



It is necessary to say a few words on some of the 

 above items : 



Second year I gave 4 men to dear brushwood, per acre. 



4 men to hoe the land, per acre. 

 " " 2 men to plant it, per acre. 



" 2 men for a second hoeing, per acre. 



Total, - 12 men, per acre. 



I believe planters will say that that is sufficient. 

 There is not much underwood in the American forests, 

 compared to the forests of the north-east of India, where 

 even four East Indians would clear an acre of brushwood. 



After the second year, the land, if hoed once, would be 

 sufficient, except there was a very rapid growth of grass 

 or weeds ; even the clearing away of such would be but 

 the smallest decimal, not y ff of a cent per lb. 



The plucking of leaves, I put down 60 Ibs. for one man. 

 This is more than I used to get picked for me in the east- 



