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adds that " in January and February the canes 

 begin to be ready to cut, which is about nine months 

 from the time of planting. As this operation is the 

 same as in other sugar countries, I need not 

 describe it. Their height, when standing on the 

 field, will be from eight to ten feet (foliage 

 included), and the naked cane from an inch to an 

 inch-and-a-quarter in diameter." 



In Malda the canes are cut in January and 

 February. In North Moradabad, upon the low 

 lands the canes are ripe in October, and upon the 

 high lands a month later. The fitness of the cane 

 for cutting may be ascertained by making an inci- 

 sion across the cane, and observing the internal 

 grain. If soft and moist, like a turnip, it is 

 not yet ripe ; but if the face of the cut is dry and 

 white particles appear, it is fit for harvesting. 

 (Fitzmaurice on the Culture of the Sugarcane.) 



Injuries. 1. A wet season, either during the very 

 early or in the concluding period of the cane's vege- 

 tation, is one of the worst causes of injury ; for 

 the absence of the usual intensity of light and heat 

 causes the sap to be very materially deficient in 

 saccharine matter. But, on the other hand, 



2. A very dry season, immediately after the 

 sets are planted, though partly compensated for by 

 artificial means, causes the produce to be but 

 indifferent. These inconveniences are of a general 

 nature, and irremediable. 



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