Manual of Cane-growing

Résumé du livre

The sugar industry. The sugar-cane plant. The soil in relation to cane culture. The soil solution. Land preparation. Planting and growing the crop. Factors affecting germination of the plant. Nutrition of the plant. Milk by-procducts as plant nutrients. Soil acidity and liming. Soil organic matter. Irrigation and drainage. Harvesting the crop, and factors which affect it. The effects of frost, hail, and wind burn. Weed control. Soil conservation. Cane varieties and breeding. Diseases and pests.