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Devdopmc.nl of IIonrytlrip, plot 100. 



Development of Early Orange, plot 228. 



Considerable work lias already been published on the subject of the de- 

 velopment of sorghum cane and the changes undergone by the difloront 

 constituents of the juice as the cane approaches maturity. The great dif- 

 ficulty in all such work comes from the liability to error in sampling. A 

 sample taken one day may show a lower content of sucrose than one 

 taken the day before, not because the cane has all undergone deteriora- 

 tion, but because the sample taken on the second day was composed of 

 poorer canes'than the first. Moreover, there is undoubtedly some change 

 brought about in the quality of the juice by conditions of the soil and 



