212 Mr. cazaud’s Method of 
2clly, In digging very deep trenches, becaufe the deeper 
the trench the greater the nourifhment of the root. 
jdly, In planting at great didances, by which the air 
circulates more freely between the plants, and by that 
means enfures them a quicker and more compleat ma- 
turity. 
Finally, in cutting the canes in the four fined: months 
of the year, to wit, in February, March, April, and May, 
becaufe the fugar is then the fined:, is cut with the 
lead trouble, and (at lead as is pretended) is fupplied in 
greater quantities by the canes.. 
Where this method is followed, about three fourths 
of the plantation is cut, the remainder is made up 
partly of young canes, which can only he cut the 
following year, and partly of fuch as mud necef- 
farily be facridced and referved for the purpofe of 
getting 
2°, a faire des foffes tres profondes, parce que les racines trouvent plus de 
nourriture dans une plus grande profondeur. 
3 0 , a planter a de grandes didances, parce que Pair circule mieux entre les 
plantes, et leur procure une maturite plus prompte et plus parfaite. 
4°, enfin, a faire la recolte pendant les 4 mois de la plus belle faifon, Fevrier, 
Mars, Avril, May, parce qu’ alors le fucre fe fait plus aifement, plus beau, et 
que les Cannes, dit-on, en donnent une plus grande quantite. 
On coupe dans ce fyfteme . environ les trois quarts de la terre deftinee aux 
Cannes; le rede eft partie enjeunes plantes qu’on ne peut couper que l’annee 
d’apres, et pavtie dans quelque portion de terre facrinee neceftaireinent pour fe 
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