, 1874-07-22

UH0 Pl"'ICo nave reached Cne nelgnC OF Z
teet' the weather permitting. AS soon as
they are applied the banks are broken
down. making the field perfectly level, and
1t IS no uncommon thing to see from IS
10 20 sprouts In each bunch. The plant
ing is closer than with us. A llaround in this
part OF the country the cultivation was
more or less as on these properties, until
we came to the estate Valmeunier, the
property OF M. Ayax Gouy6, who manages
himself and delivers his canes to the UsIne
PoInte Simon. The property measures
more than $50 acres, all cane land, of which
only 80 are In canes. His maxim was
one which we often heard afterwards.
"Plant little make much, plant much
make IIttle.' From the 95 acres in Gull
t%lyatIon, he said, he will deliver this year,
being a medium one, $50 Tons sugar. To
obtain this result he applies 500 francs
worth OF artificial manure to the hectare
q hec.=23 acres). From personal exam
lnatlon of every part of the estate we were
thoroughly impressed with the truthfulness
OF his assertions. He takes 4 ~ratOons.
The trash of the last he burns and pIoughs
down the ashes. Much less attention is
paid to the collection of pen manure than
is the case with us, although they have
grass enough to feed much more stock than
they have got.
At a subsequent visit to the Usino st.
Pierre, NJ. RousseIot observed, that the
usual application of manure was between
100000 francis worth to the hcctare,
which is about half the quantity applied
by NJ Gouy6 and others. With regard to
the general average of crops, NJ. Rousselot
stated that it was from 10000 to $4,000
Kllos Of canes to the hectare about 1000
100000 lbs to p acres), but that good
pieces yielded from SO-90,000 Kilos Of
canes. (The hectare being about p acres,
and the canes yielding 7Ibs. sugar to the
100 lbs. canes, this would give about $500
lbs. per acre=to Ii hhds. at 1900 lbs. per
hid, and the good pieces double that guam
tity, which is not far from the result they
obtain in Porto Rico and Demerara, as as
certained by Mr.. Melchior.
NJ, Rousselot most strongly dissuades
from ever erecting a Factory, unless a suf-
fcient supply Of canes is secured. He is
the erector of the grand Factory in Guade-
Ioupe, D'Arbou,sier, which can mako
10000 Bopcauts 10000 Tons per annum,
and cost 100000 frcs. including I steam
ers, 50 punts, and Is Kilometres of tram
way.
A subsequent tour embraced the inspec-
ton Of the Usine Lareinty, the property of
the Count de Lareinty, managed by NJ.
Quennesson, and the exploration of a part
of the central and southern districts of the
island. Lareinty can make 10000 Bou-
cauts, but makes only 1000, for want of
canes. 1t pays 5 pr. CT. to the grower.
The yield this year is s p. Ct, last year it
was "a p. ct. The juice varies from 73o
to 100 Beaume, and has lately had a down
ward tendency, u being the lowest. The
Factory has two mills of the usual size,
from different makers, the one from Gail
aud Co., the other from Robinson and Co.,
London. There are II boilers, and the
consumption of coal is so lbs. to 100 lbs. Of
sugar produced, including that consumed
by , locomotives, using about one Ton
each per day, as we'll as thatfo the gaswork
to tighten the works in the night. There are
9 CHARTERS of the usual construction. NJ.
OupnnpSSon rncomuands StrOnU mills with