6 Planting Tea, 
Many new extensions, in the hills, are being put 
out 4x4 and 5x5; this is too far apart. 3x3 
is quite far enough, and even then it will be years 
before the bushes are touching. All bad soil, 
steep pieces and tops of ridges ought to be put 
out 2x2. This keeps the soil from washing down 
and gives a much better result. A private garden 
in this district was all planted out 2x2, and the 
result has been a great success. Very little of the 
land is good and some of it very steep, but the 
yeild is 5 mds. an acre now, and the proprietor 
said the other day, that he hoped to work it 
up to8 mds. an acre, within the next 3 years, 
Very few gardens, in this district, give even 4 mds. 
and even the present yeild is a sure sign 
that the system is right. Plants up here take so 
very much longer to grow, and it takes so many 
years to get a garden (planted even 3x3) 
touching, that before long all extensions will 
be planted much more closely, and the ones now 
planted far apart be filled in again. It takes 
about 6 years for an extension, planted 4 by 4, to 
even pay expenses; whereas one planted closely 
