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Show Truth About LleTea. Nothing of tea leaves is wasted by the Chinese, the Scientific American tells us. They may be dried and pressed into bricks tt be used as fuel In curing pork. The ashes of the fuel are used as fertilizers. At ether times the spent leaves are etewed, or allow ed to atantl a long time in water to extract ex-tract (lie tannin, which is tised in niakinj. Leather and for dye. Sometimes Some-times the old leaves are used for fodder, fod-der, or they may be mixed with new leaves to form what Is knewa z.s "He-tea." |