The Practical Sugar Planter: A Complete Account of the Cultivation and Manufacture of the Sugar-cane, According to the Latest and Most Improved Processes. Describing and Comparing the Different Systems Pursued in the East and West Indies and the Straits of Malacca, and the Relative Expenses and Advantages Attendant Upon Each: Being the Result of Sixteen Years' Experience as a Sugar Planter in Those CountriesSmith, Elder and Company, 1848 - 415 sider |
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