memes 
Machinery, 69 
- extra sieve takes very little extra power and does 
very good work. Reid’s cutter is a really good 
machine for cutting young teas, all the other 
machines are breakers and create a lot of dust and 
smash the tea, whereas Reid’s cuts clean with 
little dust and is used by several of the gardens 
which get the best prices in the district. The 
clean cutting enabling them to get a large pros 
portion of the original Pekoe Souchong and Sou- 
chong into the Pekoe, whereas if it was smashed 
it would only go into the Broken Tea. As to fuel 
it would be a good idea to work out the average 
amount of wood used per maund, and give the 
engine-man a bonus of Rs. 4 or 5 for every 100 
maunds, he saves, All wood or coal should be 
kept under cover as the wood gets heavy and 
does not burn well, and the coal deteriorates very 
much if left in the open. In case of a careless 
engine driver allowing the water to get too low 
in the boiler, it is always better to smother the 
fires with earth than to draw it. If engines and 
machinery are varnished over the paint, it will 
save a lot of trouble in cleaning and preserve the 
