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thly, several varieties of fifth and sixth selections will have been 

 selected by planters by large-scale cultivation, and are now 

 examined by manurial experiments. 



The following shows the relative values up to third ratoons of 

 the best of the varieties submitted to the sixth selection : — 



1900-1904. 

 Indicated yields com- 

 Saccharose in expressed pare with Bourbon as 



No of variety. juice per acre of canes. lOO. 



