At any period, but more especially the present, when Jamaica and West India produce is so much depreciated, and the heavy expenses attending the cultivation of the land, and the manufacture of its produce; together with the capital laid out in the establishment of a plantation, and its annual disbursements, is considered, a system of practical cultivation, combined with proper economy, will, it is presumed, be readily adopted by every proprietor. An attention to such a plan will doubtless appear necessary in all cases of the non-residence of the owners, and where the management of estates is intrusted to agents.