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and mule stables, and from moveable pens, 

 or small enclosures, made by posts and rails, 

 occasionally shifted upon the lands intended 

 to be planted, and into which the cattle are 

 turned at night. 5th. Good mould, col- 

 lected from gullies, and other waste places, 

 and thrown into the cattle-pens. The canes, 

 being arrived at maturity, are cut and carried 

 to the mill in bundles, the branches at the 

 top being chopped off, which are an excellent 

 food for the cattle. The top shoot, which is 

 full of eyes, is generally preserved for plant- 

 ing. The mill consists principally of three 

 upright iron-plated rollers or cylinders, from 

 thirty to forty inches in length, and from 

 twenty to twenty-five inches diameter ; and 

 the middle one, to which the moving power 

 is applied, turns the other two by means of 

 cogs. Between these rollers, the canes, 

 being previously cut short, and tied into 

 bundles, are twice compressed ; for, having 

 passed through the first and second rollers, 

 they are turned round the middle one, by a 

 circular piece of framework or screen, called 

 the dumb returner, and forced back through 

 the second and third ; an operation which 

 squeezes them completely dry. The juice 

 is received in a leaden bed, and thence con- 



