The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-08-12
Tlle IsI,snd s Cuba,

ducts, will be read with interest. We
ind n very Interesting compilation from
mn authentic source which we give he.
low, The length of this gem Of wcnIlI,
Is about ITO English miles aud its
brendih varies from 25 10 90 miles.
The position Of the Island is adnira
bio, teing within few days sul of tho
Atlantic ports Of tho United Sln,es. and
Two nnd half days by steam from
New Orlcnr,s. The soil is generally
fertile. producing the sugar cane in tie
highest perfection no part of the
world is more favorble for its growth,
nnd indeed the climate and soil admit
OF the cultivation OF all kinds Of lropi.
cal fruits and productions, which might
be cultivated in quantity 10 reach ten
tunes the present amount, as, Of twen-
~ four million acres comprising The
surface nf the Island, only Two millions
are under cultivation. at out three mil
lions being III nuiurnI pasturagc, five
hundred thousand in artificial pas,u.
rage, fourteen millions in woodland,
and the rest, four and half millions,
arc barren lands. In the western do
pnrlnen, ubou, one.fourlh Of tue. land
is barren. onc.fourlh in woodland,
and tho remaining two. fHurlhs are
| equally devoted 10 cultivation md pas.
lure. In the central department about
one-thirI is barren land, and only one.
lhiry-sevcnth part is under cultivation.
about on elc,cH'h part pasture, md
i th,,, t.fho 4
In the eastern department about n
twelfth is under cultivation, ubou, one
| fifth in pasture, two-lhirds in woodland,
and only onc.slXth barren.
Supposing the Island to be divided
into ~ pur,s, l3 would represent the
size OF the western department, 81 the
central department., and 2S the eastern.
OF the cultivated land, onc-half is il
The western department, nnd one-sixtn
in the central, and lwo-sxths in the
eastern d' partnent. The principal
agricultural production are sugar cane,
co'ltc, molnss''s, honey, rum, tobacco.
wax, rice, cocoa and cotton are ulso
produced, with many other minor urll-
ccs.
In lS4I, when the number OF sugar
estates on the Island amounted 10 l ,23S,
upon which were employed, according
To The census, hu, l35,7Ul persons,
giving al average Of IL hands to each
estate, the expiration OF sugar from
oil The ports OF The Island amounted to
about s5U,UUO boxes, accurdng 10 tile
custom house returns, which wouu
allow, upon un average, $50 boxes to
each eslalr, or SIX boxes 10 ,acl, h md
however, making allowance ior The
sugar moi entered al the custom house,
u, The article then paid un export duty
OF 81 per box, and also taking INTO
conslI ,Iullon That which was consumed
i'll the Island, the produce OF euci, eslatc,
upon un average, nIsnt be uboui 900
boxes, or eight 10 each hand nor does
shis amount appear loo'greul 10 allow,
when the best iunds afford upwards OF
5000 pounds of dry sugar IL the acre.
In Louisiana, where the best lunds pro
Jure about 3,UUO pounds 10 The acre,
me average produce o.! each hund is
about o,UuJ pounds.
Besides The cultivation Of sugar cane.
Iarn.: quantities ol coffee ure produced
However, Tins article is no, SO cx.ru.
s.'.iy cultivated as II was some ten
yeats slnc", Wien upwards OF fifty nd
lion, pounds weight was exported
from different ports ut the Island. Lust
ycaI (lnc mos, favorable during the
,usi tLw ScutS) showed but an export ui
thirty five mil o s pounds ot collie.
Er,.E has been q ,.e 10 ILrn.sh lI pro.
duct al II lower rul,, aud conScQuenl!J
lhul OF Brazil has iakcu the place ui
Cuba coffee IN lnc markets OF Tie Uni-
I'd Safes; Ihic'or,., sugur Is nuw pro-
uuccu III inlny PARIS where coffee was
once cultivated, or The hands have been
turned over 10 new estates, in lhc fer
nc regions in The nciylibo hood OF Car
dcnu,, NC.
The clmutc aud soil Of Cubn in rc-
neral are nut 50 favorable Tor the cu;l,-
.u,Ion Of coilcv US lor the sugur cuur,
tobacco and uinrr articles however
Inc eastern district appears 10 be- we'll
| >ui.cI 10 Inc production oi coffee, The
"
quniEy ol .nc bean ihlinllcIy superior
I y may or rather mountainous country
seems 10 be HE most favorable to ,h,
tree.
The cclcb,u,cd Mocha coffee, which
is Indigenous to Arabia, and TO thai;
par! OF Africa on lhc opposite side Of
inc Red sea, grows without cultivation
on The rocky sides OF he mountains.
Alter coicc, tobacco is the next
Article oi Consequences produced. =
| There are vurious kinds, which derive
! lheir dlItrrcm qualities from tic p"cu
l'uriics Of the soil in which they are
( guilty waited.
The most esteemed is that which is
! produced in The Euc!la Abajo, about a
hundred miles west OF Havana in the
jurisdiction of New FiIipina; of hi,
,he fines, Havana ccgars are made. II
costs from 10 10 l2U dollars per bale
b, a,