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At the same time the labourer — the man without any 
capital — by growing his acre of canes was certain to 
realize during the year a sum of money that would 
enable him to gradually better his position, and would 
make him more and more independent. At the same 
time he need not neglect the cultivation of his provision 
farm ; the two could go hand in hand. His provisions 
he might be reaping all the year round ; his canes he 
could reap when they were ready, and what he realized 
from them in a year would be a very considerable and a 
very useful sum of money. He could not do this, 
however, unless good tillage, good drainage, and a good 
water supply were attended to. If this were not done, 
there might be a chance of non-success, and non-success 
would be fatal, because one disappointed grower would 
lead to other disappointed growers. In connection 
with cane-farming, he considered it very essential that 
every chance should be given to the farmers of being 
satisfied ; and unless every care was taken in selecting 
land that could be well drained, which was well 
supplied with water, and which could be cultivated so 
as to give a good return, this would not be effected. 
The great fault of the cane-farmers here was that they 
did not give sufficient attention to these points. On 
estates with which he was connected they had made a 
start with cane-farming, and on one estate they liad 
already forty acres under cultivation in this connection, 
and he had done everything he could to encourage the 
cane-farmers, by advising them on various matters. 
One danger was that they sometimes expected too 
much, and perhaps naturally they thought that the 
manufacturer was anxious to get the best of the 
bargain. It was only natural — especially so with the 
