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plot experiments, it can readily be seen if these are cut at a certain 

 age (say at 11 months) some varieties will furnish more mature cut- 

 tings than others and consequently the eyes germinating with different 

 degrees of vitality will influence the ultimate yields of sugar. 



Such considerations as the above make it necessary that varieties 

 shall be grown in competition through a number of seasons before we 

 attempt to draw conclusions as to their relative worth and take one 

 from among the rest as a standard cane. 



At the Experiment Station a number of varieties were recently 

 harvested and the weights of each were taken from an area sufficiently 

 large to indicate their respective merits under such conditions as 

 obtained at the Experiment Station during 1902-3. The yields were 

 as follows : — 



The Fibre stood as follows : — 



cent. 



