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upon the feet, but in no instance does the sore 
appear on the feet unless accompanied with affection 
of the mouth. Moreover, the sores on the feet in- 
variably disappear as the mouth heals. 
After the disease has disappeared, all utensils, ropes, 
litter, &c., should be burnt on the site of the hospital, 
together with| the materials of the shed or hut under 
which the cattln have been tethered, thus preventing 
infection, and also disinfecting the ground upon which 
the sick beasts have been stalled. 
As everything used should be destroyed, only cheap 
vessels, such as common earthen pans, wooden buckets, 
&c., need bo procured for hospital use. 
TEA :— EXPERIMENTAL PRUNING. 
(Prom the Indian Tea Gazette, 20th August 1881.) 
Chandi'oke Estate, Chittagong. 
Season 1875. 
The pieeo of ground selected was perfectly flat and 
from 80 to 100 feet above level of dhan-khets, and 
the soil a good and fairly riehloam, the sandy parti- 
cles slightly in excess iu the composition. 
The bushes were planted out in July 1868 from 
seed sown in December 1867 : consequently were 7£ 
years old. 100 bushes were worked off in patch A., 
and a like number on plot B., contiguous. 
Tlio ji'it an ordinary hybrid. 
The height of the bushes on 21st January 1875 on 
both sections was 30 inches, and the pruning for 
season 1875 commenced in this area on the 22nd. 
Tlio pruniugs and all weeds being buried when 
green, as usual, between tho rows of plants which 
were 4'x4', or 2,722 per acre, and the land received 
six combiued hoeings and weeding* in the year. 
The plucking commenced on 17th March and term- 
inated on 17th December, making iu all 17 flushes : 
2J leaves being gathered each time. 
Section A. was merely topped down to 24 inches, 
and long surface roots clipped and rounded off with 
shearn, as was the custom in vogue 15 years ago and 
upwards, barring tho height which was generally 3 
feet and more, and no knife used in the operation, 
which at that time wen 
Section D. was treated 
to 20", or 4" lower th 
wore thinned out. low 
the name of pruning, 
with the knife aud cut down 
u the former. The branches 
[own, so that none touched 
each other (the cut open to north), aud old wood, if 
any, removed ; also all whippy twigs growing cross- 
ways, and laterals on tho interior perpendicular 
branches, were likewise cut off to within one eye, 
leaving on only those that grew towards the cirenm- 
ference, or tho exterior of latter. All small branches 
near tho ground were also cut away to allow proper 
circulation of air. 
Tho above description of pruning fairly represents, 
I think, tho extremes in either case, although as to 
height 1 havo frequently cut down to IS* with good 
effect old bushes, and those also in full bearing that 
grew upon poor soil, or which subsequently becamo 
bo through wash aud other causes. The results of 
this trial unmistakably proves the great superiority 
of the present style of pruning, and its modifications 
over tho old method, which it was the object of 
this experiment to ascertain. 
A. of 100 
B. of 100 
Date. 
bushes green 
bushes green 
leaf. 
leaf. 
1875. 
lb. oz. 
lb. 02. 
17th March... 
... 4 0 
1 8 
10th April ... 
... 0 8 
1 8 
25th 
... 0 8 
2 0 
USth May ... 
... 2 0 
5 0 
30th 
... 7 8 
3 8 
17th Juue ... 
... 2 0 
5 8 
3rd July ... 
... 4 8 
7 0 
A nf 1 (VI 
B. of 100 
Date h 
ushes green 
bushes green 
leaf. 
leaf. 
. 1875. 
lb. oz. 
lb. 02. 
]7th ,, x 
4 4 
7 8 
5th August 
6 8 
2ist 
6 8 
110 
8th September .. 
. 10 0 
8 12 
24 th ,, 
5 8 
6 0 
9th October 
.60 
8 4 
24th „ ... 
! 4 8 
5 12 
9th November 
5 0 
7 0 
25th ,, 
4 0 
3 8 
17th December 
1 10 
3 4 
7t M 
92 4 
Total 17 flushes = 
• 74 14 
Excess of B. over A. 
. 17 6 
Green leaf 
or 23+ % nearly. 
green leaf. 
Or per acre from A = 2,038 lb. = 509^ lb. tea or 64 mds. 
Do. B = 2,511 ,, =627j „ ,, ,, 7| „ 
Excess of B U? acre=473 lb. = 1 18.1 lb. tea or 1 J mds. nrly 
EXPERIMENT WITH MONEY AND PONDER'S 
MANURE MIXTURE. 
Chandpore Tea Estate, Chittagong. 
Season 1877. 
The plot of ground selected was perfectly flat at 
an elevation of from 80 to 100 feet above the dhau- 
khets, and soil open and friable, and what may be 
termed a sandy loam, aud well suited for the profit- 
able growth of tea. The age of the bushes was in 
5th year from transplanting, or 6th year from date 
of germination of seeds iu nursery. 
The bushes are planted 4x4 = 2,722 per acre. 
Half an acre was fenced off for the manure, and an- 
other half acre contiguous without any. 
The mixture was applied at ^ lb. per bush in the 
former, equal to 12cwt. per acre on 5th and 6th July 
1877. It could not be done earlier in consequence of 
the lateness of its arrival on the garden, and by this 
time 8 flushes had been removed from the experi- 
mental pieces, which represents nearly 30 per cent of 
the season's outturn. 
Manured piece J acre. 
Unmanured piece 
^ acre. 
Date. 
No. 
Flush. 
Green 
Leaf. 
lb. 02. 
Remarks. 
Green 
Leaf. 
lb. 02. 
17th July. 
. 9 
61 6 
2'i Leaves. 
63 8 
2nd Aug.. 
. 10 
89 12 
80 0 
19th „ . 
. 11 
72 3 
62 0 
4th Sept.. 
. 12 
114 0 
93 8 
21st „ . 
13 
96 S 
91 0 
6th O.-tr. 
. 14 
102 2 
87 10 
24th „ . 
87 8 
69 0 
9th Nov. .. 
.' 16 
108 2 
92 0 
28th ,, .. 
. 17 
44 8 
43 2 
18th Dec... 
. 18 
32 2 
24 0 
Totals.. 
10 
S08 3 
70S 12 
This table shows there was an increase in tho manured 
piece of 99 lb. 7 Of. of green leaf, which is equivalent 
to 14% in tho 10 (lushes which comprised about 70 
per cent of the actual outturn. Had the manure been 
applied in February so us to have embraced tho whole 
season, doubtless tho results would havo beea more 
