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TILLERING IN INDIAN SUGARCANTES 



The mimher of shoots count cd (it different ])eriods, with sets jdaided at 

 different distances apart — Muller von Czernicki. 



1908 crop — cone Id- 



Number 

 of sets 

 planted 

 per row 



Number 



of plots 



averaged 



Number of shoots counted at 



1st earth- 

 ing np 



2iid earth- h'd earth 

 ing np I inj; np 



Lnst 



eai thing 



np 



After the 

 last earth- 

 ing np 



Crop in 



piknls 



per botiw 



(1^ acres) 



Sucrose 



% in the 



juice 



Plantrict No. 247 



10 

 12 

 14 

 Ifi 



18 

 20 



in 

 12 

 14 

 16 



18 

 20 



Generatie No. 247 



Generatie No. 100 



12-7 



135 



13-5 



13-5 



Cheribon h,as the greatest number of shoots at 60 days, that is at the 

 first counting ; in the rows with ten sets the maximum is a little 

 later, but at 150 days from sowing all the plots are approximately 

 equal. 



J. 247 tillers more slowly. When planted from sets, the maximum 

 occurs at 90 days, and, in the 10 sets plot, at 120 ; when planted 

 from tops, because presumably of the greater number of buds, the 

 course of events is practically as in Cheribon. 



J. 100 (of which only three plots were planted) reached its maximum 

 number of shoots early, the plots with 18-20 sets at 60 days and 

 the rest at 90 days, and after that period there was little difference 

 in the plot^. 



