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CULTIVATION OP THE SUGAR CANE. 



labourers, and prevent, to a great extent, the recurrence 

 of so serious a calamity as the loss of a crop by drought. 

 It is scarcely possible, however, in treating of this im- 

 portant subject, to avoid digressing considerably in 

 order to illustrate more fully the advantages of the 

 system proposed. 



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