. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . CUBA 209 much forest land and many barren spaces that are undoubtedlyincluded in the acreage classified as being under cane cultiva-tion. According to Dr. W. D. Home/ the average yield is fromfifteen to twenty tons of cane per acre* and the crops areusually allowed to ratoon for ten years. In Cuba, cane diseases are of rare occurrence, but in dryyears swarms of mice invade the fields and cause great damageby gnawing the cane. They rapidly disappear, however, as soonas the wet season sets in. It is the weather that bri
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . CUBA 209 much forest land and many barren spaces that are undoubtedlyincluded in the acreage classified as being under cane cultiva-tion. According to Dr. W. D. Home/ the average yield is fromfifteen to twenty tons of cane per acre* and the crops areusually allowed to ratoon for ten years. In Cuba, cane diseases are of rare occurrence, but in dryyears swarms of mice invade the fields and cause great damageby gnawing the cane. They rapidly disappear, however, as soonas the wet season sets in. It is the weather that brings successor failure to the sugar crop, for the growth of the cane is en-tirely dependent upon rainfall and a long period of drought isextremely hurtful. Hurricanes that sweep in from the Carib-bean sea work havoc in the plantations, beating the cane flatto the ground or uprooting it altogether, which results in heavydamage both to the growing crop and the one following it. Harvesting is generally begun in December and over in May,although one or two centrals continue in
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