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 43
... if the holes were ftrait up and down , the canes would never come to perfection , but would parch with drought . ... bafe : a planter who has any spirit of emulation , enjoys a pleasure in seeing cane holes properly lined and dug .
... if the holes were ftrait up and down , the canes would never come to perfection , but would parch with drought . ... bafe : a planter who has any spirit of emulation , enjoys a pleasure in seeing cane holes properly lined and dug .
الصفحة 44
The dung being spread in the holes , the canes are laid flat upon the fame , two in a row , and covered lightly with part of the bank . If feasonable rains happen , they will fprout up in a few days from every joint , fomething like ...
The dung being spread in the holes , the canes are laid flat upon the fame , two in a row , and covered lightly with part of the bank . If feasonable rains happen , they will fprout up in a few days from every joint , fomething like ...
الصفحة 45
As the canes grow , they have joints or knots at every three or four inches diftance , at every one of which they have long blades , fomething like flaggers ; ftill , as they grow towards maturity , thofe blades wither and become ...
As the canes grow , they have joints or knots at every three or four inches diftance , at every one of which they have long blades , fomething like flaggers ; ftill , as they grow towards maturity , thofe blades wither and become ...
الصفحة 46
I fay , when all thefe , and many other matters , are not confidered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry weather enfues , they will turn red , or ( as they fay ) get burnt ; after which , though they must be cut to ...
I fay , when all thefe , and many other matters , are not confidered of and prepared in time , if the canes are ripe , and dry weather enfues , they will turn red , or ( as they fay ) get burnt ; after which , though they must be cut to ...
الصفحة 47
The canes being cut , and all the trafh lopped off , are carried in wanes , or if the eftate is mountainous , on mules backs , to the mill , and are put in fmall quantities ( fix or seven at a time ) between the first and second roller ...
The canes being cut , and all the trafh lopped off , are carried in wanes , or if the eftate is mountainous , on mules backs , to the mill , and are put in fmall quantities ( fix or seven at a time ) between the first and second roller ...
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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 Eighteenth century 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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