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briefly described. The cane is taken up with the surface 

 roots, leaves and tops intact. The canes are placed on the 

 ground in a neat flat heap, canes lying parallel to one 

 another, and covered with about 6" of earth; they then 

 remain undisturbed until the planting season in April. 

 Two experiments were made in order to ascertain whether 

 the cane depreciates when kept in " clamps " — the one was 

 made early in December when four lots of cane, each of 

 about 4-5 maunds, were put in " clamps," the cane being 

 very carefully sampled* and tested at the time; the other 

 was made on January 15th, when two lots of about 9 maunds 

 each were clamped. The cane which was " clamped ' : in 

 December remained for 21 days in the " clamp;" that of 

 January was left until May and was tested at intervals of 

 about one month. The data obtained are collected in the 

 following statement : — 



Composition of sugarcane before and after clamping. 



* For a discussion of errors in sampling sugarcane see Mem., Bept. Agri.. India, 

 Chemical ISeries, Vol. Ill, No. 4. 



