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artificial irrigation of tea fields, whereby it is designed 

 to better approximate to the oriental supply of water 

 during the cropping season, although, of course, it will 

 be needless to attempt to imitate the tropical deluges 

 which not only run off from, but with the soil. 



The selection of the most suitable location for the 

 establishnuMit of a tea estiite, becomes, then, of the 

 greati-~t iiii|".ii:.iirr. 'I'll.- .■Iiok, .if tcrrilr. flat lands. 



by gr 



und.'i 

 wati'i 

 thcs.. 



obvi- 



TEA 



very recently the manuf actun- ■ 



a large amount of handwork f 



ing of the leaf. But njost n .-i 



strated at Pinehur^t tliat lt. . 



may be made soliK l.\ iiKnh 



"Rotary Witherer." inx. iit.a 1, 



tion with the preM..u>ly iiii|.l 



machines. And thus, liy iIjl' : 



cal operations, not only should the production of Tea on 



a scale commensurate with the cost of such an cstjilplisli- 



nient, be made cheaper, but the product should hi- more 



uniform and free from the possible contaniiniition of 



fr. .|uriitly unclean hands (and feet!). 



Ii was to be expected that the different climatic con- 

 .hiMiis sliould exert their effect on the foreign tea 



a of a high quality 

 -. by means of the 

 writer, in conjunc- 

 roUing and drying 

 ■ of mechani- 



bept ..1 . - 

 of tlMn-;".ri:,l 

 supply lit lai" 

 The part v' 

 vation and n 

 equipped Brii 

 encroached u\ 

 has been alni' 



It 

 mentii 



queiK- 





ilNi. 



ing 



possible to use plows and 

 the cost of cultiyation. ' 

 vance has been found for 

 in the pruning of the tea 

 the leaf. But a ten cent . 

 many sections of the sui 

 pensate for the differcii'. 

 tions here and in the Oin 

 U. S. Labor Commissioi 

 negro popul 



i.f these opera- 

 iniony before the 

 that where the 



scanty supply of food and clothing, are strictly nominal. 



the prejudice of taste and the established trade in Asi- 

 atic Teas. The natural remedy lies in the greatest pos- 

 sible adaptation to already formed habits of taste and 

 a lowering of jirice. Time, study, perseverance and 



iiiuni y an- m-.-.'^-arily demanded, but success seems 



It -li.ii'il.l ,',,,1 -inpii-r any one familiar with the Teas 



-iiitM li III III. Iriiit-.l S^tates and Great Britain that 



Mh -I'ni.i ■ lii-lily valued in the Orient, the product 



I ' ■[ <ii- more years of discrimination and so 



I j I- i.ften to'be commercially unattainable, 



! ::: I ■ Ml, ' mI Ihemselves to the tea-drinkers in the 



Fu'i- nearly ten^-ears the ..mhumm nim „.ii m r,n.|,urst 

 was mainly carried on Willi. ■. ; lan... I he 



National Department of > . l,....Mr. c.n- 



The proprietor of l'iii.|iui>t a|i|iri rial. ~ iin.-i .N 'i 

 this assistance, buili in ni.m.y and sjuijiatliy. \\lii.li 

 recognizes as beini; iiidi>jifni-alilf fur tin- iiltiinau- 



instnicliuns of tin- riiiti/d States Department of A^ 

 .nliurc li.. Hill ililiiriiitly continue the experinie: 

 wliii-li si-.ni tii.i^f .al.ulated to produce at low cost i 

 iiM'ilimii t'rad.-s nf liiitli black and green Teas, not losi 

 sight, however, of the possible growth and manuf 

 ture of the finer varieties. 



The first tea plant in this country was set out by i 

 French botanist, Mi.-baux, about 1800, at Middle! 

 Barony, on the .\-lil.> livcr. distant smiie I.l mi 

 from Charleston ail. I In fr..iii I'inrlinr-i |.l:iiitation. 

 seen a few years sin.-r. ii lia.i ^r..«ii mi., ti small t 

 nhnut 15 feet hiL-li Tli.' ivi...rK ..f ili.' K. S. Pal 



moment ' 



to the final elii 



■s producing black Tea, the 

 the plucked leaf from the 

 . liy a trolley line for trans- 

 il the dry Tea is subjected 

 on of whatever foreign matter 

 Until 



(stems, chips, etc.) may have got mixed with it. 



