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This was followed with seven rows of Medicine Lodge Orange, planted on the 27th 

 of April from seed heads grown by the Medicine Lodge Company, of the following 

 description : Mean Brix> 21.7 ; mean sucrose, 17.7 per cent ; mean purity, 80.6. These 

 rows were in the center of plat No. 8. Next came two tows of Collier beginning 

 on the north side of block No. 8 from pedigreed seed heads grown at Sterling, 

 Kaus., of the following numbers and mean composition! Seed-head numbers, 8841, 

 8243, 8865, 8873, 9129, 9132, 9133, 9142, 9148, 9157, 9160, 9161, 9163, 9168, 9171, 9174, 

 9176, 9182, 9188, 9192, 9196, 9202, 9203, 9207, 9208; mean Brix, 21.25; mean sucrose, 

 17.62 per cent ; mean purity, 82.31 ; followed by two rows of Undendebule No. 1 from 

 pedigreed seed heads from Sterling, Kaus., of the following numbers and mean com- 

 position : Seed-head numbers, 8853, 8857, 9101, 9122, 9134, 9141, 9144, 9151, 9153, 9164, 

 9173, 9180, 9725, 9945, 9962, 10501; mean Brix, 20.73; mean sucrose, 16.75; mean 

 purity, 80.8. 



Block No. 4. 



This block was deep-plowed and subsoiled. Beginning on the south side there 

 was planted on the 25th of April with a hand drill six rows Orange and Amber or 

 Colman cane from pedigreed seed heads from Sterling, Kaus., of the following 

 numbers and mean composition : Seed-head numbers, 7753, 7760, 7766, 7771, 8271, 8280, 

 8296,8304,8362,8369, 8385, 8564, 8620, 8657, 10339, 10653; mean Brix, 21.12; mean HH- 

 < rose, 17.17 per cent; mean purity, 81.29; followed by Colmau cane planted with a 

 drill on the 25th of April from seed heads grown from Sterling, Kaus.; followed by 

 six rows Orange and Amber cross (Colman cane) from pedigreed seed heads from 

 Sterling, Kans., of the following numbers and mean composition: Seed-head num- 

 bers, 8269, 8274, 8281, 8284, 8289, 8302, 8340, 8350, 8588, 8629, 8648, 8691 ; mean Brix, 

 20.07; mean sucrose, 16.48 per cent; mean purity, 82.11. 



Block No. 5. 



This block was deep-plowed and subsoiled and planted with a horse drill on the 

 30th of April with variety No. 161, bulk seed from Sterling, Kans. 



Block No. G. 



This block was deep plowed, subsoiled, and planted on the 30th of April with 

 Colman cane, with a horse drill. The seed was from Sterling, Kans. 



Block No. 7. 



This block was deep-plowed and subsoiled. It was all planted in variety No. 160, 

 with a horse drill, on the 1st of May. 



Block No. 8. 



This block was deep-plowed, subsoiled, and planted with variety No. 160, with a 

 horse drill, on the 1st of May. 



Block No. 9. 



The whole of this block was planted with Link's Hybrid on the 24th of April. 

 Plat 33 was planted with a planter, and plat 31 with a hand drill, with pedigreed 

 seed from Sterling Kans., of the folio wing numbers and mean description : Seed-head 

 numbers, 1994, 10422, 12005, 11997, 12002, 11993, 12011, 10430, 12007, 10481, 11525, 

 11510, 11501, 10464, 10458, 10485, 10478, 10444, 10482; mean Brix, 22.69; mean su- 

 crose, 17.65; mean purity, 78.17. 



