PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. PAST AND PRESENT FINANCIAL PROSPECTS OF TEA.
CHAPTER II. LABOUR, LOCAL AND IMPORTED.
CHAPTER III. TEA DISTRICTS AND THEIR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, CLIMATE, SOIL, ETC., IN EACH.
CHAPTER IV. SOIL.
CHAPTER V. NATURE OF JUNGLE.
CHAPTER VI. WATER AND SANITATION.
CHAPTER VII. LAY OF LAND.
CHAPTER VIII. LAYING OUT A GARDEN.
CHAPTER IX. VARIETIES OF THE TEA PLANT.
CHAPTER X. TEA SEED.
CHAPTER XI. COMPARISON BETWEEN SOWING IN NURSERIES AND IN SITU.
CHAPTER XII. SOWING SEED IN SITU, ID EST, AT STAKE.
CHAPTER XIII. NURSERIES.
CHAPTER XIV. MANURE.
CHAPTER XV. DISTANCES APART TO PLANT TEA BUSHES.
CHAPTER XVI. MAKING A GARDEN.
CHAPTER XVII. TRANSPLANTING.
CHAPTER XVIII. CULTIVATION OF MADE GARDENS.
CHAPTER XIX. PRUNING.
CHAPTER XX. WHITE ANTS, CRICKETS, AND BLIGHT.
CHAPTER XXI. FILLING UP VACANCIES.
CHAPTER XXII. FLUSHING AND NUMBER OF FLUSHES.
CHAPTER XXIII. LEAF PICKING.
CHAPTER XXIV. MANUFACTURE. MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES.
CHAPTER XXV. SIFTING AND SORTING.
CHAPTER XXVI. BOXES. PACKING.
CHAPTER XXVII. MANAGEMENT. ACCOUNTS. FORMS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. COST OF MANUFACTURE, PACKING, TRANSPORT, ETC.
CHAPTER XXIX. COST OF MAKING A 300-ACRE TEA GARDEN.
CHAPTER XXX. HOW MUCH PROFIT TEA CAN GIVE.
CHAPTER XXXI. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF INDIAN TEA.
CHAPTER XXXII. COUNTRIES OUTSIDE CHINA AND INDIA THAT PRODUCE TEA.
CHAPTER XXXIII. STATISTICS REGARDING INDIAN TEA.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MARKETS OUTSIDE GREAT BRITAIN.
CHAPTER XXXV. MAKING INDIAN TEA KNOWN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
CHAPTER XXXVI. TEA MACHINERY.
CHAPTER XXXVII. WEIGHING AND BULKING OF INDIAN TEAS AT CUSTOM HOUSE.
ADDENDA TO THE THIRD EDITION .
INDEX.
INDEX TO THE ADDITIONS IN FOURTH EDITION.
FOOTNOTES
Transcriber's Note
THE
CULTIVATION AND MANUFACTURE
OF
TEA.
THE
CULTIVATION & MANUFACTURE
OF
TEA,
BY
LIEUT.-COL. EDWARD MONEY,
THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF WHICH SECURED THE PRIZE OF THE GRANT GOLD MEDAL AND Rs. 300, AWARDED BY THE AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF INDIA IN THE YEAR 1871.
FOURTH EDITION,
REVISED AND SUPPLEMENTED BY ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS.
LONDON:
W. B. WHITTINGHAM & CO., 91, GRACECHURCH STREET.
CALCUTTA: THACKER & CO.
1883.
