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not come on so quickly as the others. Very 
often in the 3rd Flush and after, it is found 
possible to pick a 3rd and even 4th leaf. In 
this case have a leaf sieve erected, and sieve all 
your leaf (after rolling) to get out any particularly 
coarse leaf. In Darjeeling there is always 
a long wait after the 1st Flush, and very little tea 
is made for about 3 weeks. But after that the 
coolies ought to go over the garden picking long 
shoots, once.in every 8 days. Very often when 
there is a very heavy flush, pice are paid to coolies 
for extra leaf. This must never be done in the 
first two flushes, and only in exceptional cases in 
the 3rd flush. The coolies pull the leaf off anyhow, 
unless watched for the whole day, duffadars 
pick for their wives, and neglect their work, any 
amount of damage is done to the garden, 
and a lot of coarse tea made for a certainty. 
The only time when it is actually necessary to 
give pice is when a garden is very short of 
Jabour, and the Manager finds a flush has got 
away from him, Audin that case he ought to 
be continually through the coolies, and look 
