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It seems that the waj r has been opened by this experimental wor 

 for the gradual expansion of the industry which promises to be 

 immense value to southern agriculturists and of the highest utilit 

 to the consumers generally throughout the country. The people c 

 the United States perhaps more than those of r.ny other country us 

 table sirups, and especially with hot cakes which are so popular as 

 breakfast dish in all parts of the United States. When such cake 

 are made of the same wholesomeness as the sirups just described th 

 result is one of the most nutritious and palatable forms of hot cereals 

 and it seems only reasonable to suppose that such food will rapidl; 

 increase in popular favor. 



Experience has shown that a sirup made from sugar cane can bj 

 consumed regularly for a longer period of time than any other ordij 

 nary sirup. Maple sirup, for instance, though eagerly consumed ai 

 first, soon begins to pall upon the appetite. To a less degree th! 

 same is true of the mixed sirups that are made from glucose ani 

 other materials, this being the form of sirup most constantly usecj 



The object of the final experiments was largely to confirm til 

 observations previously made, and to call special attention to thj 

 excellent quality of the product which had been developed, ani 

 thus stimulate the production and consumption of larger qiiantitiol 

 thereof. 



As in previous years the work was conducted along three lines: 



(1) Field work consisting of fertilizer experiments for the purpoa 

 of developing a better and more abundant supply of cane. 



(2) The factory work to establish more uniformly the generf 

 principles which underlie the economical manufacture of the producl 



(3) The chemical control of the process, including analytic! 

 examination of the raw materials and the finished products. 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT, CAIRO, GA., 1905. 

 SCHEME OF FERTILIZATION. 



The experimental work in the field, as in previous years, was com 

 ducted by Mr. W. B. Roddenbery, special agent of the Depart menl 

 at Cairo, Ga. 



The same scheme of fertilization was applied to two fields, A and E 

 Field A is a good grade of pine land which has been in cultivatid 

 twenty years or more. It was planted in watermelons in 1904, ail 

 the cane was planted on March 21, 1905. Field B is the same grad 

 of pine land but fresher, having been under cultivation about si 

 years. The cane was planted on March 23, and was cut Decembe 

 7 to 11. There were 63 plats in each field, each plat containing 

 rows 136 feet long, making one-twentieth of an acre to each plat. Ai 

 unfertilized row was left between the plats. 



