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The unnamed plots also contained a great many interesting varia- 

 tions, selections from which are given in the following table : 



inalyses of variations in lite unnamed plots. 



IV. EXPERIMENTS IN THE SELECTION OF SEED FROM INDIVIDUAL 

 CANES SHOWING A HIGH CONTENT OF SUGAR. 



VARIABILITY OF SORGHUM CANES IN THEIR CONTENT OF SUGAE. 



As might be expected of a plant which varies so much in the out- 

 ward character of its individuals, sorghum canes vary greatly in the 

 chemical composition of their contained juices. Even in canes of the 

 same varieties, showing uniform outward characters and of uniform 

 appearance and development, great differences will be found in the 

 composition of the juice from individual canes. In fact the variation 



