id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt hvd.hnt52g Roughley, Thomas. The Jamaica planter's guide; or, A system for planting and managing a sugar estate, or other plantations in that island, and throughout the British West Indies in general Illustrated with interesting anecdotes. By Thomas Roughley ... 1823 .txt text/plain 62677 2540 70 appearance is decent and becoming, exhibiting in their persons comfort and cleanliness, instead of disgusting filthiness, disease and aversion to their proper occupations; if the cattle is preserved by good estate ; converts the cane and grass pieces with indifference or neglect, neither allowing him good stabling or feeding, the overseer should humanely direct his attention cattle and mules in good order, and likewise make them perform their duty well. mules are to be worked, in carrying canes works or cane-pieces; the strong, large, science of planting the sugar-cane in Jamaica, rearing it to maturity, and manufacturing its essential juices, into the staple may easily be turned up, is the best to produce good, strong, long-jointed sugar-canes, weather, the young plant-canes require almost constant weeding, so quick and excessive is the growth of sour grass and banks; that require a strong gang of negroes to clean them, before the cane-holes ./cache/hvd.hnt52g.pdf ./txt/hvd.hnt52g.txt