He also promoted the cultivation of commercial crops, which had come to be a major income source for the domain, and particularly he attempted to establish sugar cane in Atsumi Peninsula, which is particularly warm in climate, but that effort didn't succeed.
さらに当時諸藩の有力な財源となりつつあった商品作物の栽培を行い、特に温暖な渥美半島に着目してサトウキビ栽培を同地に定着させようとしたが、これはあまりうまくいかなかった。