. China. Tea. LEAD LININGS FACTORY dne jinal stage nas now been reached and it remains for tne factory to produce tKe finished article. Mne leaf, as bougKt by tnem, is a long, sprawley article of reddisK black color, in st^le ratner resembling PoucKong tea. A light firing renders the leaf brittle, and it is then broken down to the size, as known to the trade, bj) being passed through a compli- cated S2?stem of sie\)es, of \'arious sized mesh, man- ipulated by hand, some in lateral mo- tion, and some in rotary) motion—at various stages, this system enables the workmen to re- move small stalks a

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. China. Tea. LEAD LININGS FACTORY dne jinal stage nas now been reached and it remains for tne factory to produce tKe finished article. Mne leaf, as bougKt by tnem, is a long, sprawley article of reddisK black color, in st^le ratner resembling PoucKong tea. A light firing renders the leaf brittle, and it is then broken down to the size, as known to the trade, bj) being passed through a compli- cated S2?stem of sie\)es, of \'arious sized mesh, man- ipulated by hand, some in lateral mo- tion, and some in rotary) motion—at various stages, this system enables the workmen to re- move small stalks and any coarse leaf tea. When the leaf has all been worked dovJn to the re- TEA ON ITS WAY TO POYANG LAKE quired size, it is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Irwin-Harrisons & Grosfield, inc. [from old catalog]; Harris, S. W. [from old catalog]. New York, Philadelphia [etc. ] Irwin-Harrisons & Grosfield, inc

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