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the caue equaled- the parent stalk and exceeded it to very marked 

 degree in i)urity. Another i>oint is tliat tlie heavier eaiies on an aver- 

 age were the better eanes. This i)oiiit was taken as a standard, and in 

 saving seed from the rest of the plat, heads from large, well developed 

 stalks were culled out and cured separately." The Honduras from 

 pedigreed stock grown in Kansas was also tested. 



One cane of the Honduras type, cut on Oftot)er 29, illustrates one of it« character- 

 istics. This cane was 16 feet 8 indies tall; its seinl top weighed 3 ounces; when 

 stripped and tojijted the cane itself weighed 4 itouuds, 2 ounces. Chemical analysis 

 indicated 9. 3!l per cent of sugar, 59.8 degrees purity. Ktl'orts at selection from tlii-^ 

 seed h(^ad will he made next year. 



[At Odessa Folgcr Early anil an unknown variety frf>m Kansas were tested <ui half- ^ 

 acre ])lats.] Tests ma<li^ of the formir, at intervals trom Seideuilter 18 to October 9, 

 indi(at«'d a niiuiunim of 11.71 jur ceiitand a inaxinuim of 13.82 jiercent of sugar. Thi- 

 average of all tests was 12.7t> per cent sugar. 72. 4 degrees purity. The second variety 

 tried was Folger Karly (N'ew.irk seed from ."Sterling, Kansas, lireeding). Testes during i 

 the interval from Septemlier IS to rJclolter 9 ranged from ll.tW per j-ent to 13.87 per 

 centsugar. Theaverageof all tests was 12.(J9 percent sugar, 70.8 degree's juirity. On. 

 variety sup]dements the other to a certain exU'ut. Folger Karly gave its highesi 

 tests in .Septemlier. » • » 



[At the station Karly .\uil«'r, Hmiduras, rndendcbule, Lynk liyhrid, and Folgei 

 Karly were tested. .Vnalyses are given of canea of each variety at different dates. | 



To one a<'custonied to the low averages eiunninn in the connucreial attemid-s to 

 make sorghum sugar, these figures, ranging as a rule hetween 12 and 14 jier cent 

 sugar and from 70 to 80 degrees purity, .'iwaken interest. The fact that the large 1 

 canes have given the most faviuaMe returns for each variety suggests (uie cause of ' 

 jiasl failures, viz, the attem]its to gain tonnage of green erup with too little regard 

 for the pounds of sugar to the acre. 



[A mi'thofi of seleeting canes for growing seed similar to tliat jira<tieed in sugar 

 beet eultui'e is suggested.] The jijeres Itetweeu the nodt'S of a sorghum eani- ean lie 

 crushed and their mixed juiees an:ily/.e<l. If fouuil good the ihmIis or kucil.-. nf iliut 

 cam* can he used as moliiers are used in tin- lied industry. 



liEroijT oi' Nh C(M.<»(;isi . I", i). Ciikstki;, M. S. (pp. II ".H, fig.s. 

 14). — This iiichidcs acruunis of «'\|MMimeiit^ in the treatment of ( 1 ) dis- 

 eases of the grape. (2) i)car and (ptimt^ leaf l>light, {'•>) potato rot, (4) 

 bitter rot of the apple; and iiutcs on (1) leaf spot of alfalfa (l*srmlnpc- 

 ziza niiiliciifiinis), (!') rot of scarlet elfiver (Si-lnoflnid fri/oliuni), (.'5) seah 

 of wheat ( /•'"■N'n/«w riilninniin). .[wd ill black rol of the sweet potato 

 ( Ceratocystis fhiihrhita ). 



Trenfmrnt <>/' flis(((s(s of tlif t/niiir (p|t. tr»-(i'.i). — An aceonni oi spray- 

 ing experiments witli fungieides, repriul«'il from Uulletiii \o. l(>of the 

 station (see E.vperiment Staticui Itei-oid, vol. ii. p. 7lL'). 



Treatment of pear and quinee leaf hlif/lit (pi». <i'.l-77). — An aeroimt di 

 spraying experiments with fungicides, reprinted from Bulletin No. l.'j 

 of the station (see Experiment Station Record, vol. iii, p. 144). 



Treatment of potato rot (pp. 77, 78). — A brief account of a spraying 

 experiment with Bordeaux mixture on potatoes in a held at lNrermai<l, 

 Delaware. The applieations weic made August l'.> and Se])teml)er Id. 

 after the disease had begun to show itself in the blighting of the viucs. 



