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VARIETIES OF CANE GROWN FOR EXPERIMENTS. 

 By Prof. W. A. Henry. 



Amber cane was grown from seed obtained from Charles Eus- 

 tis, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and Seth Kiunej, Morristown, 

 Minnesota. From Mr. Kinney were also several packages of 

 seed of Early Amber grown under different conditions. From 

 J. A. Hedges, St. Louis, Missouri, Kansas Orange, Hedges' Early 

 Orange, Early Orange and Honduras. Also Early Orange from 

 Illinois Industrial University, Champaign, Illinoi?, through Prof. 

 M. A. Scoville. 



All these varieties and sub-varieties showed peculiarities 

 worthy of attention, but it is useless to report from one season 

 only. 



The experiments this year all centered about the question of 

 how much sugar and syrup could be obtained from the cane, and 

 in this Mr. Swenson's attention was so absorbed that the relative 

 merits of each of the varieties could not be investigated. 



A thick or thin stand of cane evidently makes a great differ- 

 ence in the quality of the juice, and a fair test of varieties can 

 only be made when each has been planted in various ways as to 

 width of rows, distance apart of hills and number of stalks in 

 the hill. 



There is no doubt but that varieties vary in value, and it is 

 important that the peculiarities of each be known, yet it is a 

 more difficult task to find this out than with most farm crops. 

 If the experiments are continued next season, this will be one of 

 the problems to work upon. 



AMOUNT OF SYRUP TRODUCED PER ACRE. 



As might be expected, the reports show a wide variation in the 

 amount of syrap which is obtained from an acre of ground. Not 

 only does the difference follow from variations in quantity and 

 quality of cane produced, but also from varying densities to 

 which the syrup is reduced. Some manufacturers make a much 

 thicker syrup than others. The reported yields therefore show 



