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CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE OF TEA. 



well cultivated, at far less cost than you incurred for cultiva- 

 tion when it was choked with weeds for months together, 

 while your yield will be at the same time much increased. 



If you keep your garden thus clean, and do not allow the 

 weeds to get ahead of you, the following table shows about 

 the cost of each cultivation operation each time you do it : 



If weeds get ahead the cost in each case will be nearly 

 double the above. 



The following table, which is as near the mark as any 

 such estimate can be, will be found useful. It will also be 

 made use of when calculating the cost of making a garden 

 in Chapter XXIX., pages 161, 162, and 163. 

 Table showing the cost per annum of keeping up at its best 

 loo acres of Tea from the year it is planted until the 

 sixth year inclusive. 



The above rates in the case of a 3OO-acre garden making 

 will include everything but buildings. 



The rates are progressive, because the expenditure on the 

 following increases, or should increase yearly : 



