Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-02-05
PLANTERS COLUMN.
The Manuring Of Sugar Cane.


the benefit of our planters:
1t is the interest and duty Of every agricul-
turist to restore to his land In the form of
manure what he takes away by the produce he
sells in the market, for otherwise his land will
after certain time get exhausted and be un.
able to produce sufficiently largo crops to
make the cultivation profitable.
In many colonies the very favorable climate
and fertile soil have enabled planters to raise
good crops without manure, but in time even
these most favored countries have yielded to
the above mentioned law of nature.
Sugar cane exhausts the soil very soon, and
unless the field is MANFRED the yield decreases
from year to year, until it becomes too small to
pay the cost of cultivation.
The use of manure however, is not only
necessary TO prevent the exhaustion of tho
soil, but also to produce an Increased yield
for the more planters can produce on their
land, the more profitable will be the cultiva-
ton. ..I
For this reason in the West and East Indies,
where sugar cane cultivation has become such
an important and wel-paying industry, largo
Very little stable dung is generally avail
able in the colonies, and as trash, megass
ashes, and other refuse collected on sugar
estates are not sufficient to return to the soil
those constituents taken away by the sugar
shipped, large quantities Of guano and other
artificial manures have to be imported
In Mauritus, the West Indies, etc., as much
4 N r. al. - r
produced is spent TO purchase foreign manurcs.
The most economical manures for the colo
MES are of course highly concentrated ones,
which supply in the smallest volume tho
largest quantity of fertilizing matter. Wv
For this reason Peruvian guano has always
been the favorite with sugar planters.
Formerly the raw Peruvian guano was used
as 1t comes from tho large deposits on tho
islands and along the coast Of Peru, but in its
raw state it has certain drawbacks; 1t contains
stones and Jumps not easily reduced to pow
der, and is very variable in its composition,
which makes its application to the land diff
cult and the results uncertain. 1t loses further
some of its valuable ammonia by evaporation
when spread on the land, aud its phosphatcs
are not sufficiently soluble to DO soon enough
available for the plant Talbot .f,t
10 remcdv This wa troot Tho perry;,,
,r,ro with s,Inhnr;c oc;d AID ,,ronaro o,,.
S;ssolved Peruvian puono NJ ono nr;rnrr
omaI;,, l., Gr. no,,,dorS forr, Soc fro, .,,,,,,
and Jumps. This enables us to offer an i'm
proved Peruvian guano, in which by the acid
the ammonia is fixed, is non-volatile, and tho
phosphates rendered soluble in water
Our dissolved Peruvian guano has been used
in the colonies ma a man,,ra for sngor cano
dnr;ng the last s;x Years. aud has srodu,od
snch verv favorable resnlts that In monv
Islands Il ia now exclusively used and has
snnerseded raw Peruvian ousro 40 ,va,l as
other monnres
sugar canes grown without manpre. or with
unsuitable manure. do not renerally matnro
aeon enourh. and ajtbongh tiev NAV bo inr,,o
and rive nlentv of weight in canes still their
mice ia ofren moor and 1iablo To nrodnca much
molasses.
| All our reports received from tho colonies
| sbow that orr dissolved peruyian gnonn ton,js
70 mature the cana earlier and nro1uces varv
rich mice. Welding n largo ounntitv Of crvs,
| tallizable sugar and little moiasses ~ 1fg'f
Respecting the mode OF applying the cuano.
| we would pive the tollowinr snggest;ons,
Roth newly plantea canes and 11 ratoons in tbo
stumps left from cut canes 10 ahoot oul again
for the following crop. sLould be manfred
with dissolved Peruvian pnano. ~ ~"rf
The best time to apply The manure for newly
planted canes is lust before thew are planted.
and for ratoops soon after tho canes nre Ont
but ALWAYS as far IA possible before tho rains
set in.
The canes arc planted in most colonies either
by putting the cane tons into SINGLE holes or
| in very damn countries nv inviny outlines aot
down in rows. If cane tons are planted tho
guauo should be nut into the holes previous to
Planting and be we'll mixed a few inches deem
with the soil. and Afterwards the cane planted
on the ton Of il and the hole nearly filled
up with earth.
If cuttipps are PLANTED. thew NAV be Grst
| covered With some an;I and tben ibo cnnno
mt on the ton Of Il and covered with earth
The object ia that the puano should not he
| nut in direct contact with the plant and IN dis-
solving in the ground spread ma much as pos
sible round the rootlets. ~. -
For rntoons. the ruano IA generally mt into
two holes a few inches deem. Ak to twelve
inches distant from ,ho stmmns Whera ,lo
ratoons stand on tho slope Of = hin tho hole.
AZ a semicircle. in which tho rnano ia M
shond he aiwov. nm the higher mart of tbs
ground. an that il,o rootle,. cat The fni hspsl;t
Of the manure o.
In order To nrevert tho uuano be;n, w,ehod
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