- Plucking. 
at every basket before weighing up, and fine 
heavily for bad leaf. Even then the result will 
not be satisfactory. In hot steamy weather the 
leaf in baskets should be continually turned over, 
or it will heat, ferment, and go sour—this is 
particularly the case in hot steamy flats. Always 
look through leaf that is being picked, at least once 
a day. One will very soon get to know who are 
the bad coolies, and who are likely to pick badly ; 
and by walking across the work behind the 
coolies can at once see if the bushes have been 
torn to pieces, or left unpicked, or open leaf 
scamped over, and left on the bushes. Have 
all your leaf baskets made with wide bottoms ; as 
thus made, there is less probability of the 
leaf fermenting in the baskets ; and never let the 
coclies ram the leaf down into their baskets unless 
it is absolutely necessary—for instance, if they 
having picked so much leaf that it will not go 
into the baskets without forcing. Always clear 
a Banghy flush right off, whether it occurs 
after hail or from any other cause. Sometimes 
the first two flushes are plucked very hard, and 
