Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products . ^designed to be used \\ith the hona-hona {Comtnelina nudiftora) grass of theHawaiian Islands ; the semicircular teeth tear up the weeds and at the sametime cultivate the soil. The load of weeds gathered in the cradle can bedischarged bj lifting up the handles of the implement. Spalliding Deep-tilling Plough.—This implement {Plate XIV) is used toan increasing extent in the Hawaiian Islands in turning under cane operation the front disc takes off a slice
Cane sugar; a textbook on the agriculture of the sugar cane, the manufacture of cane sugar, and the analysis of sugar-house products . ^designed to be used \\ith the hona-hona {Comtnelina nudiftora) grass of theHawaiian Islands ; the semicircular teeth tear up the weeds and at the sametime cultivate the soil. The load of weeds gathered in the cradle can bedischarged bj lifting up the handles of the implement. Spalliding Deep-tilling Plough.—This implement {Plate XIV) is used toan increasing extent in the Hawaiian Islands in turning under cane operation the front disc takes off a slice of soil, turning it into the bottom. Fig. 34 of the previous furrow. The second disc operating about four inches insidethe track of the other on a space cleared of cane stumps and grass by thefirst disc has no difficulty in effectively turning over and burying a slice ofthe soil along with the cane trash. Stubble Digger.—This implement, Fig.;^8, is mainly confined to Louisiana-It consists of a rotary shaft, on which are fitted blades arranged about ahelix. When the carriage is drawn along the rows of ratoon cane, theknives revolve and break up and pulverize the soil. Stubble Shaver.—This instrument. Fig. 39, the use of which is also con-fined to Louisiana, is used to cut down cane stumps flush \\ith the essential mechanism is a horizontal circular knife, which rotates as thecarriage is drawn along. 124 CHAPTER VIII Preparation of the Land.—Although the greater part of the cane sugaryearly produced is manufactured from cane grown on land that has beenin cultivation for a number of years, and in many sugar
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