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, المجلد 8 |
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الصفحة 45
... them tenderly, and so on from time to time until all the bank is level to their
roots ; after which they are weeded occasionally until they grow six or seven feet
high ; they are commonly ripe in about twelve months from the time of planting.
... them tenderly, and so on from time to time until all the bank is level to their
roots ; after which they are weeded occasionally until they grow six or seven feet
high ; they are commonly ripe in about twelve months from the time of planting.
الصفحة 59
Guinea grass will grow on the most fandy deserts or mountains ; the method of
planting it is as follows: — The ground being prepared by clearing it of shrubbery
and grass against the first of May, and holed at every three or four feet distance, ...
Guinea grass will grow on the most fandy deserts or mountains ; the method of
planting it is as follows: — The ground being prepared by clearing it of shrubbery
and grass against the first of May, and holed at every three or four feet distance, ...
الصفحة 64
... to commence merchant, and in a few years afterwards to make a pretty
independence ; or if he enters into the planting line, to succeed as well; to get
possession of slaves, &c. whilst many English and Irish young men, though ever
so clever, ...
... to commence merchant, and in a few years afterwards to make a pretty
independence ; or if he enters into the planting line, to succeed as well; to get
possession of slaves, &c. whilst many English and Irish young men, though ever
so clever, ...
الصفحة 80
... and it will be a vain attempt indeed for him to persevere in the planting line
afterwards. The business on a plantation is no way intricate ; there are thoufands
of circumstances which appearances only can teach ; an overseer should be
active ...
... and it will be a vain attempt indeed for him to persevere in the planting line
afterwards. The business on a plantation is no way intricate ; there are thoufands
of circumstances which appearances only can teach ; an overseer should be
active ...
الصفحة 86
I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers, most injurious to
proprietors in general ; that is, planting Indian corn, or peas, amongst the canes ;
it is very evident to the meanest capacity, that the richest foil will be impoverished
...
I must not omit to mention a very wrong practice of overseers, most injurious to
proprietors in general ; that is, planting Indian corn, or peas, amongst the canes ;
it is very evident to the meanest capacity, that the richest foil will be impoverished
...
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| العنوان | 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, المجلد 8 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, J. B. Moreton |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 8 أيار (مايو) 2009 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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