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The idea, therefore, of having flumps of fifteen or 
twenty years Handing moft be given up, fince it is 
proved, that the oldeft are thofe of the laid year; but 
this idea being given up, it can never be affigned as a 
reafon for re- planting fo often. It will be fufficient, 
therefore, to replant annually a fixth of one’s land: to 
fpealc more correctly, it will always be ufelefs to replant, 
as long as the ftump is not raijed above ground , and the 
ground about it is raifed as it ought to be by annual and 
well-dire fled labours. I fay, the ground about muft: 
be annually raifed, for otherwife it is impoffible but that 
the feet of the negroes and cattle muft harden and ren- 
der it impervious to the roots which are to make their 
way every year. 
It likewife appears of what confequence it is to cut 
the canes in the ground in order to prevent the ftump 
from 
II faut done renoncer a la pretention d’avoir des Touches de 15 et 20 ans, les 
plus vieilles font de I’annee precedente, et cette pretendue vetufte des Touches 
etant demontree faulfe, elle ne doit plus etre line raifonpour replanter aufti fou- 
Tent; il fufKra done de replanter annuellement la ftxieme partie de fa terre, ou 
pour mieux dire, il fera toujours inutile de replanter lorfque la fouche ne fera pas 
elevee au dejfus de la terre et que par des labours annuels et bienfaits on aura foin de 
foulever cede qui Venvironne 7 que les pieds des ,negres et des beftiaux quand on la 
travaille ne manqueroient pas d’aftaifter a la longue, et de rendre preTque impe- 
netrable aux nouvelles racines qui doivent Te former chaque annee. 
On voit aufti combien il eft effentiel de couper les Cannes dans la terre, aiin 
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