600 Traxsactioxs of the American Institute. 



Storehouse 

 May he made of the same material as the ])receding, will also he hut 

 a temporary building for the first three years, or until a good crop 

 of tea may reasonably be expected, when it should, like the manager's 

 residence, he built of masonry, and ought to be capacious and well 

 ventilated, witli an asplialtc flooring, and corrugated iron or flat stone 

 roof. 



Factory. 



This building M'ill not be required till the thft'd year, when it should 

 be at once built of masonry, of a size suited to the estate or land 

 under cultivation. One roasting pan is calculated to be suflicient for 

 the manufacture of the produce of fifty acres, and should be set in 

 the masonry at an angle of thirty-two degrees for hlach, and hori- 

 zontally for gi^een tea. This building should also contain two strong 

 wooden tables running down its center, four feet broad and three feet 

 high, so as to enable the tea makers to conveniently roll the leaf, 

 unless tea rolling machines be used. The pans should be arranged 

 across one end of the building, with flues carrying off the smoke, 

 and four or five tiers of shelves should line the walls, for the purpose 

 of storing the leaf as brought from the plantation. Between tlie 

 tables and shelves two rows of brick -built fire-places should be erected 

 at a distance of six feet from each other, for drying the tea. 



Packing House. 

 The packing house should be a commodious building of masonry, 

 for the purpose of containing large wooden hins lined with lead or 

 zinc, capable of storing a thousand pounds of tea. The " should be on 

 trucks, and easily portable in cases of fire or other accidents. The 

 object of these bins is to equalize the quality and flavor of the tea, by 

 keeping each particular description separate until every arrangement 

 lias been made for its being packed and dispatched from the factory. 

 This building ought also to contain a number of charcoal fire-places 

 for finally drying the tea previous to packing. Every building in 

 the factory should be erected with walls sufHciently thick and sub- 

 stajitial to allow of a second story being added afterward, as the 

 cultivation and yield of the estate increase, and additional accommo- 

 dation becomes necessary. 



Pkepakatiox ok tue Soil. 

 Immediately after the forest has boon burnt the land should be 

 hoed to a depth of eighteen inches, and all the roots carefully taken 



