West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition |
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الصفحة 46
... are not considered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry
weather ensues , they will turn red , or ( as they say ) get burnt ; after which ,
though they must be cut to clear the field , they are not worth the expence of
cutting .
... are not considered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry
weather ensues , they will turn red , or ( as they say ) get burnt ; after which ,
though they must be cut to clear the field , they are not worth the expence of
cutting .
الصفحة 51
The greatest care and attention of the manager and overseers during crop are
requisite ; for the whole produce of the year , which cost such vast labour and
expence , go through hands in three or four months ; and good or bad
management ...
The greatest care and attention of the manager and overseers during crop are
requisite ; for the whole produce of the year , which cost such vast labour and
expence , go through hands in three or four months ; and good or bad
management ...
الصفحة 56
... dregs of porter , will improve rum ; also tea , and temper lime , about two quarts
of the latter to each puncheon ; burnt Muscovado sugar will colour it . Here canes
. Here let me observe the vast expence which 56 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
... dregs of porter , will improve rum ; also tea , and temper lime , about two quarts
of the latter to each puncheon ; burnt Muscovado sugar will colour it . Here canes
. Here let me observe the vast expence which 56 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
الصفحة 57
canes . Here let me observe the vast expence which attends establishing a sugar
plantation , supposing keeping only one hundred acres constantly under The mill
, boiling , and curing - houses , and distill - house , with all the conveniencies ...
canes . Here let me observe the vast expence which attends establishing a sugar
plantation , supposing keeping only one hundred acres constantly under The mill
, boiling , and curing - houses , and distill - house , with all the conveniencies ...
الصفحة 58
1 and eighty puncheons of rum , the sugar to net at 15l . sterling per hogshead ,
and the rum at 121 . per puncheon , both will amount to 33601 , fter . líng ; from
which , deducting the annual expence , the remainder is 4801. in favour of the ...
1 and eighty puncheons of rum , the sugar to net at 15l . sterling per hogshead ,
and the rum at 121 . per puncheon , both will amount to 33601 , fter . líng ; from
which , deducting the annual expence , the remainder is 4801. in favour of the ...
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