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The quality of the sorghum grown at this station in previous years has never 

 approached the excellence shown by the percentages quoted above. This year's 

 samples of standard sorts show 1 to 3 per cent more cane sugar than in previous 

 years. Part of this improvenieiit may be and probaldy is due to seed selection, 

 but tlie propitious season is credited witli most of the increase in sugar content. 



Trial irifh fertilizers (pi). 123, 124).— Tlii.s was on 15 fiftieth-acre 

 plats, alternate plats rtMuaining nnnninnred. The manured i)lats 

 received a mixture of 200 pounds of nitrate of soda, 200 pounds of potas- 

 sium sulphate, 300 pounds of superphosphate, and 100 pounds of piaster 

 per acre; each of these materials in doid)le the above amount used 

 sinjiiy; 20 bushels of lime or 150 pounds of salt. The yield of canes 

 and the tests of the juice are tabulated for the several plats. The 

 results imply '' that the fertilizers had little if any influence. The differ- 

 ences may easily be the expression of errors inevitably involved in jdat 

 experimentation. The greatest difference is shown in the plat receiving- 

 sodium nitrate, where there is an apparent increase of 0.88 per cent." 

 The experiment is to be continued. 



Kansas Station, Bulletin No. 26, December, 1891 (pp. 14). 



Test of varieties of strawberries, E. A. Topenoe, M. A., 

 AND S. C. Mason, B. S. (pp. 127-138). — Desciiptive notes and tabu- 

 lated data for 71 varieties of strawberries planted in 1890. Most of 

 these varieties were obtained from the Michigan Substation at South 

 Haven. The results are illustrated with the aid of diagrams. The 

 most productive varieties were Bomba, Bubach Xo. 5, Captain Jack, 

 Crescent, Sinister Gem, audWarfield No. 2; those producing the largest 

 berries were Bubach Xo. 5, Cumberland, Dew. Logan, Parry, and Sharp- 

 less; tho.se showing the least susceptibility- to leaf .spot were Belmont, 

 Bidwell, Bubach Xo. 5, Covell, and May King. 



Kansas Station, Bulletin No. 27, December, 1891 (pp. 22). 



Crossed varieties of corn, third year, W. A. Kellerman, 

 Ph. D., and C. H. Thompson (pp. 139-158).— This is an account of 

 experiments in 1891 in continuation of those of 1890, reported in Bulletin 

 Xo. 17 of the station (see Expeiiment Station Kecord, vol. ii, p. 722). 

 In 1890, G2 crosses were harvested. Of these, 49 were planted in 1891, 

 from which 43 crosses were harvested. 



Eight of these showed uo intermediate characteristics between the parents. Of 

 tliis number 3 resembled the female parent, 2 the male parent, and 3 showed no 

 resemblance to either parent. Of the remaining, 2.5 gave clear evidence of inter- 

 mediate characteristics between the parents. This was shown in color in 5 cases, in 

 the character of grains in 20 cases, and in both color and eharacter of grains in 10 

 cases. 



Of the crosses made in 1889 to improve varieties, 20 were harvested this year. 

 Referring to the above, it will be seen that 8 of these gave no indications of a cross. 

 Of the remaining 12, some showed exactly intermediate characteristics between the 

 parents, and others resembled one parent more than the other. 



