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of April 22, 1884, Professor Wiley gives an account of this experiment, from which the 

 following information is taken : 



The canes wore placed in silo November 12, 1883. Numerous analyses of juices of 

 canes similar to those preserved showed 



Sucrose, about 9 per cent. 



Other sugars, about 3 per cent. 



Professor Wiley's analysis of cane from silo, January 14, 1884. 



Percentage of juice expressed 68. 9 



Specific gravity, 8 B 1.057 



Percentage of sucrose 8. 39 



Percentage of other sugars 2. 3C 



Analysis of cane from silo, February 27, 1884. 



Percentage of juice expressed 73.67 



Specific gravity 1. 057 



Percentage of sucrose 7. 00 



Percentage of other sugars 3. 13 



Analysis of cane from silo, April 1, 1884. 



Percentage of juice expressed 73. 81 



Specific gravity 1.05 



Percentage of sucrose 5.89 



Percentage of other sugars 3. 72 



I was greatly interested in these results, which showed that the early amber cane 

 can be kept during the. greater part of the winter with very little depreciation of its 

 content of sugar. 



In order to extend the experiment to other varieties, and to test the possibility of 

 keeping Kansas canes in silo, on October 15, 1884, 1 placed 1 ton of Link's hybrid and 

 1 ton of early orange in winrows between rows of stubble, and placed thereon a cov- 

 ering of about 2 inches of sandy soil. Analyses were made on the day on which they 

 were buried, and subsequently, as shown in the following tables: 



Analyses of juices of canes kept in silo. 



