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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD., 



tili/.erw in the furrow witli tlu'srt'<l cane ])revente(l gcriiiinatiou. Doubling' the nitro- 

 ;j;eii of the normal fornuihi on field A gave a gain of ii to 3.5 tons and an im-rease in 

 profit of about $!• per acre, while on field J5 doubling the nitrogen reduced the yield. 

 For field A 65 lbs. of nitrogen per acre given in the form of nitrate of soda, and for 

 field B 20 lbs. are recommended. 



The following application i)er acre is recomnu-nded for field A: 12.5 per cent acid 

 phosphate, SOO l))s. ; cotton-seed meal, 100 lbs.; nitrate of soda, 300 lbs.; and muriate 

 of potash, 100 l)js. The application recommended for field B is as follows: 12.5 per 

 cent acid phosphate, 1,600 lbs.; nitrate of soda, 100 lbs. ; and muriate of potash, 

 100 lbs. 



Repurts of special agents on the sugar industry, (r. L. Spencer el al. (pp. 25-40). — A 

 review of the sirup industry of the United States is given, and the methods of cane 

 growing for sirup making in the different States and localities are described. The 

 composition of the cane juices sampled at factories in the various sections is reported. 

 The averages of the analyses at the different places are given in the following tiible: 



Summary of analytical data on cane juices. 



Town and State. 



Composition of juice. 



Sucrose. ^^^^^'^^^ Purity. 



Number 

 of sam- 

 ples. 



Cairo, Ga 



Guyton, Ga 



Waycross, Ga . . . 



Quitman, Ga 



Geneva, Ala 



Magnolia, Miss.. 

 Huntington, Fla 



Average... 



Per cent. 

 11.42 

 10. 50 

 12.83 

 11. 95 

 12.26 

 12.75 

 12.52 



12. 03 



1.68 

 2.24 

 1.64 

 1.60 

 1.73 

 1.46 

 1.40 



77.49 

 70.69 

 75. 82 

 77.97 

 77.43 

 76.41 

 76.11 



1.82 



75.99 



From the data presented it is concluded that for the manufacture of sugar the canes 

 would not be profitable, but that for sirup making they are of excellent quality. 

 " The high quantity of reducing sugar, which interferes with sugar manufacture, is 

 no bar to sirup manufacture; on the contrary it is an advantage, as the reducing sugar 

 is quite as sweet and palatable as sucrose and has a much lower coefficient of crystal- 

 lization. Hence, its presence in the product, while impairing neither its appearance 

 nor its taste, improves the selling qualities of the sirup by diminishing the tendency 

 to crystallization." 



A primer on the cultivation of sugar cane, W. S. Lyon {Philippine Bureau 

 Ayr., Farmers' Bui. 1, pp. 40). — This bulletin is an English and Spanish edition of a 

 popular paper on sugar-cane culture in the Philippine Islands. 



Cultivation of tobacco, C. W. Dorsey {Philippine Bureau Agr., Farmers' Bui. 5, pp. 

 20, jigs. 4). — The methods employed in modern cultivation of tobacco are briefly 

 outlined; the growing of tobacco under shade in the United States is described, and 

 the conditions of tobacco culture in Sumatra, with special reference to the industry 

 in the Philij)pines, are discussed. 



Universal nomenclature of wheat, N. A. Cobb {Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 12 

 {1901), No. 12, pp. 1614-1629, pi. 1; 13 {1902), Nos. 1, pp. 74-90, p>ls. 3, figs. 10; 2, 

 pp. 214-243, 2)1- 1; 4, pp- 4I0-4I8; 8, p. 850, pis. 3; 14 {1903), No. 6, pp. 546-549, pis. 

 4). — This series of articles discusses the value of a universal nomenclature of wheat 

 and a uniform system of describing varieties. A sample description is given of 

 Blount-Lambrigg wheat. In addition to this discussion the results of examining a 

 list of wheats as to the structure of the aleurone layer are given. The biological analy- 

 sis of the kernel, the flour cells, and other cell layers of the wheat grain, and meth- 

 ods of staining and of preparing sections for the microscope are described. The series 



