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economical) are planted in a slanting position, and occasion- 
ally watered at sun-set, till the young shoots rise a cubit 
high; when the husk and refuse of the ground nut, or of 
some Oleaginous seeds after the oil is extracted, are well 
beaten into a kind of powder and put round the root of the 
plants, in small quantities, and afterwards covered over with 
earth. The canes are now left to the fertility of the soil till 
they arrive at maturity, except when it proves such a dry sea- 
son, that watering becomes requisite, and are cut down about 
the Ist of November. The first sort planted in the foregoing 
manner, generally yields three crops while the second re- 
quires fresh planting. 
“The sugar canes are now removed from the ground to the 
mill for expression, The juice, being extracted, is carefully 
strained, mixed with a small quantity of lime water, then 
poured into large warm iron pans, placed on a platform of 
brick work, with fire places below ; it is now boiled for a length 
of time, and being removed from the fire, and allowed to cool, 
it is a second time strained, and being again returned to the 
pans the boiling is repeated for once, or twice, till it acquires 
_ asaccharine consistence. The sugar, still very moist, is now 
put into. cylindrical jars, which have a small hole in each of 
_ their bottoms, for the purpose of draining ; and their tops 
_ being covered over with from half an imch to an inch of 
_ dayey moist earth, these are placed on stands, and remain for 
_ three or four days; when the old earthen covering is remov- 
_ed, and a fresh one put on. They continue in that situation. 
for three or four days more, the covering is then taken of, and 
. the sugar being sufficiently clarified is removed from. the : 
- dry, when it is fit for use | | 
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