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 EditionJ. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 - 192 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 43
... canes would never come to perfection , but would parch with drought . Suppose a hill of a conical form , the liners ... cane holes properly lined and dug . An acre contains about 3555 holes , three D 2 feet feet and a half fquare , and ...
... canes would never come to perfection , but would parch with drought . Suppose a hill of a conical form , the liners ... cane holes properly lined and dug . An acre contains about 3555 holes , three D 2 feet feet and a half fquare , and ...
الصفحة 44
... cane tops , grafs and vines to them . The cattle and mules are fhifted nightly from penn to penn , till their dung ... canes are laid flat upon the fame , two in a row , and co- vered lightly with part of the bank . If feasonable rains ...
... cane tops , grafs and vines to them . The cattle and mules are fhifted nightly from penn to penn , till their dung ... canes are laid flat upon the fame , two in a row , and co- vered lightly with part of the bank . If feasonable rains ...
الصفحة 45
... 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 burthenfome ...
... 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 burthenfome ...
الصفحة 46
... 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 clear the field , they are not worth the expence of cutting . Burnt canes make a fort of dirty black ...
... 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 clear the field , they are not worth the expence of cutting . Burnt canes make a fort of dirty black ...
الصفحة 47
... canes being cut , and all the trash 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 fecond roller ...
... canes being cut , and all the trash 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 fecond roller ...
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