Cane requires an enormous amount of water for its best growth

Cane requires an enormous amount of water for its best growth

Cane requires an enormous amount of water for its best growth, and where the rainfall is not great enough, the plants are irrigated. It requires from seventy-five to one hundred gallons of water to make a pound of sugar. Cane does best where there is a rainfall of two inches a week. At the same time a well-drained soil is necessary to make vigorous canes.

Source: Agriculture for Beginners