1")4 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



relation of sugar-beel culture to general farming, gives directions for the culture of 

 sugar beets and discusses the cosi of production and the future of the industry. 



Comparative production of alcohol and sugar from the bset (Jour. Soc. Cent. 

 'Agr. Belg., 51 i 1904), No. ;, pp. ?65, 266). — Figures are given showing that when 

 alcohol brings 35 francs per hectoliter and sugar 26 francs per kg., distillery beets 

 may be used as well for the production of one as for the other. 



Comparative results of seedling sugar canes D. 74 and D. 95 -with our 

 home sugar canes (Louisiana Striped and Louisiana Purple), W. ( '. Stubbs 

 and R. E. Blouin I Louisiana Stas. Bui. 78, .:. ser., pp. 46). — The history of the 2 

 seedling canes is given. The analyses of the different canes for the years 1894 to 

 1903, inclusive, are reported, and the character of the seasons and the results are 

 briefly noted. It is shown that in every instance the 2 seedling varieties .were 

 lower in glucose content than the home canes. 



A low glucose content i~ of great advantage in working the juice. D. 74 gave 

 especially favorable results in this respect. The average analysis also showed that 

 this seedling contained l.s per cent more sucrose, and I). 95 0.9 per cent more than 

 the home canes. P. 74 yielded 5.68 tons of can" more per acre than the 2 native 

 varieties, while D. 95 was about equal to them in cane production. The financial 

 results presented are based on a value of 4 cts. per pound for yellow clarified sugar, 

 giving half to the producer of the cane and half to the manufacturer of the sugar. 

 On this basis the crop of plant cane and first year's stubble of D. 74 gave an average 

 increase of $39.70 per acre and D. 95 of $21. si over the home canes; and when the 

 plant crop and the first, second, and third years' stubble were considered, the cor- 

 responding figures were 826.28 and $28.14 per acre, respectively. 



The results obtained in the sugar house indicated a marked superiority of D. 74 

 over the 3 other canes, although D. 95 gave better returns than the 2 native sorts. 

 In total extraction I). 74 showed an increase of 7.87 per cent, or nearly 11 per cent 

 in the juice over home canes. A summary of the results gives an increase of 2.34 

 percent in extraction, and of 40.7 lbs. of sugar per ton of cane ground in favor of 

 the 2 seedling canes. Cooperative tests made by 27 planters throughout the State 

 confirmed the results obtained by the station. "D. 74 is more vigorous, a more 

 rapid grower, gives a larger tonnage, is an erect cane, and believed from this to be 

 more economical in harvesting, stubbles well if not better than home canes, gives a 

 larger extraction, and has a larger sugar content, yielding more sugar per ton and 

 giving a greater tonnage per acre than home- canes. The same remarks in a lesser 

 degree apply to D. 95." 



Tobacco culture in South Carolina, T. B. Young (South Carolina Sin. Bui. 86, 

 pp. 21, figs. 4) • — After briefly reviewing the history of tobacco, culture in South 

 Carolina and giving statistical data showing the increase in the tobacco production 

 of the State for a series of years, this bulletin describes the culture, harvesting, and 

 curing of the crop, and presents preventative and remedial measures against the insect 

 enemies and diseases of the plant. 



Macaroni wheat, J. H. Shepard ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 1908, pp. 329-336).— 

 A discussion is given of the introduction, increase in production, and methods of 

 cultivation of macaroni wheat, and the results of a study of the chemistry and mill- 

 ing factors of this class of wheat, which have heen previously noted (E. S. R., 15, 

 p. 1073). The different uses of macaroni wheat are briefly noted. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Second report on the pithiness of celery, C. F. Austin and T. H. White 

 (Maryland Sta. Bui. 93', pp. 95-101). — Further work at the station in the comparison 

 of American-grown and French-grown celery seed as regards the production of pithy 

 and green stalks confirms the results reported in Bulletin 83 of the station (E. S. R., 



