EFFECTS OF FROST UPON SORGHUM. 



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LAST ANALYSES MADE AFTER THIRTEEX FROSTS, DECEMBER StH— EFFECTS OF 



FROSTS, 1882. 



LAST ANALYSES MADE BEFORE FIRST FROST, XOYEMBER 3rD. 



Vaeiety. 



Xeeazana 



White Liberiaa. 



|Xov. 2. 



iXov. 2. 

 I Oct. -25. 



Link's Hybrid 



Haswell's Variety. 

 Chinese Imphee... 



Undendebule 



Dindemuka. 

 Ufatane 



Average. 



*>5 4-T 

 |.53 96 



57 43 

 53 65 



450. So 

 1 60 lOi 



58 16 

 S.58 -27 

 )5« 91 

 460 52 

 )60 30 

 \60 93 

 {62 62 

 557 88 



63 86 



1 06S9 

 1 0703 

 1 0731 

 1 0700 

 1 083» 

 1 0777 

 1.0681 

 1 076S 

 1 0732 

 1 0741 

 1 0693 

 1 ai71 

 1 0669 

 1 0692 

 1 0632 



58 19 



1 0707 



3 44 

 2.2: 

 i 93 



2 .53 



3 20 

 2 39 

 2 56 



2 49 



2.8«^ 



3 24 

 2.64 

 2 51 



2! 75 



2 68 



7.26 



8 27 

 10 06 



8 38 

 10 92 



7 .38 



7 65 



16 

 10 24 



8 38 

 6 44 



8 70: 



5 84 



11 80 

 11.92 



12 ^0 



12 11 

 15 le 

 11 40 

 11 11 



13 60 

 1^40 

 13 .51 

 ll.fiS 



9 .>4 

 11 .«4 

 11 74 

 10 15 



8 62 12 11 



The results above given are very interesting and a little surprising. 

 It will be seen that the average shows, as the effects of these repeated 

 frosts and loog continued cold weather of nearly fifty days from the 

 time when the first examinations were made, October 20th, to the last, 

 December 8th, the following : 



Pere<>nt. 



Lo<:s of juice 32 69 



Gain in specific gravity 28 15 



Gain in glucose 131.71 



Gain in sucrose 15 35 



Gain in soliis . 1119 



Loss in available sugar 1.16 



