4 Planting Tea. 
his terrace ; this man cuts down at the lower side, 
"leaving required breadth and follows the run of 
upper terrace, and so on placing one man under 
the other. II. The other plan is to line out for 
terraces and then plant, only cutting a groove at 
first and every time the extension is hoed throw- 
ing the soil so much further back. This mode 
has many advantages, It is cheap. The plant gets 
the benefit of the good topsoil, and there is less . 
risk of slips the first year. The lines of the 
terraces are not so good, and the plants are too 
near the outer edge. After the terraces are done, 
coolies should not be allowed, on any account, to 
fouch the sides of the terraces with hoes, but 
Jungle should be allowed. to grow, and when it 
gets long, cut with a sickle. The great advantage 
of terracing is that it prevents wash to a great 
extent. But terraces are more expensive to 
keep up, as instead of one gang of people on 
hoeing, two gangs have to be kept at work one 
sickling and one hoeing. Directly the land ig 
cleaned, it will have tobe staked up. The terraces 
are very easy to stake, as the coolies measure from 
