1921. 



SUGAR CANE EXPEIilMENTS lOlS-20. 



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TaBLK I. SUOAR-LANE SEEDLINGS RAISED IN 1918. 



Parent. 



Numbei" of seed- Selected for lest- 

 liiigs plan ted! ing from field 



out in field. 



characters. 



Selected for further 

 trial from field 

 characters and 

 analj'tical results. 



8 

 12 



40 

 8 



96 



.36 

 830 



22 

 381 

 264 

 1.32 



40 



60 



64 

 3 (N.H. 



3 (S.F.) 



4 (S.F). 





 

 



1 = 12-5 per cent 



1=1-0 „ 



1= 2-8 „ 



59- 7-1 ,, 



4 = 18-1 „ 



38^ 9-9 ,, 



49 = 18-5 ,. 



.32=24 2 ,, 



8=20 „ 



•22=-,36-6 „ 



24=37-5 „ 



1=33-3 ,, 



l=.33-3 „ 



3=75-0 ,, 





 











1= 1-0 per cent. 



1- 2-8 „ 



•26 



1 



35 = 



31 

 4-5 

 9-2 



33 = 12 5 



23 17 4 



7=17-5 



l5=-25-0 



16 250 



1=33-3 



1=33-3 



2 r^ 50-0 



N.H. means nntund htihria ; S.F. means sdf-fcrliUz^.d seedlings. 



The following are the results of the seedlin.cjs raised ia 191S, which 

 have been selected for their combined field cliaracters and analytical 

 results, and are being kept for a furtlier trial. They were planted out iu 

 the field from b.T,niboo pots, between April 1, and May 23, 1919, at 

 intervals of about a week, and were consequently 12 to 12^- months old 

 when tested between April 12 and M\v 21, 1920. The see llings planbad 

 out earliest developed into m jch finer stools than thosa planted Lx';er 

 and there appears to be a distinct advantage in the earlier planting, 

 notwithstanding the loss which may occur from drought or depredations 

 f)f the mole cricket. Tlie rain-fall from April, 1919 to May 15, 192Dwas 

 50-37 inches, but from March 15, to May 23, 1920 only 0'20 inches* 

 of rain fell, and during this period the seedlings made very little 

 growth. 



