76 EXPENSE IN AMERICA. 







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, - - $1,082 50 



RETURNS. 

 Per acre, 300 Ibs., or 30,000 Ibs. on 100 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 m&amp;lt;*n to clear brushwood, per acre. 

 4 men to hoe the land, per acre. 

 2 men to plant it, per acre. 

 &quot; 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 T O 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- 



