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numbers, 8036, 7288, 7322, 7926, 7570, 7947, 7328, *7240, 7799, 7950, 7714, 7575, 7378, 7694, 

 7386, 7600; mean Brix, 19.15; mean sucrose, 15.47; mean purity, 80.78; followed by 

 three rows of Early Amber from Sterling, Kans., of the following numbers and mean 

 composition: Seed-head numbers, 3795, 5461, 5448, 5449, 5732, 5558, 2692, 3793, 3790, 

 5413, 2928, 5447, 5337, 5442, 125, 3478, 2603, 2927, 3788, 3779, 4253, 2682, 5735, 2945, 756, 

 5200, 5548, 5336, 5458; mean Brix, 20.58; mean sucrose, 16.8; mean purity, 81.63; fol- 

 lowed by 16 rows of India and Orange planted from bulk seed from Sterling, Kans., 

 on the 29th of April. 



Block #0. 15. 



"This block was planted on the 29th of April with a lister, beginning on the south 

 side with 16 rows of Ubehlana, followed on the north with ten rows of Colman cane 

 on the 29th of April. 



DATA EELATINO TO CANE GROWN ON THE EXPERIMENTAL FIELD. 

 CULTIVATION. 



The cultivation of the station field was conducted under the superin- 

 tendency of Mr. Eli Benedict, to whose skill and enthusiasm the success 

 of the cultural part of the work is due. Mr. Benedict gave the work his 

 personal attention and by his careful oversight secured from the labor- 

 ers the necessary precautions favorable to the proper growth of the 

 young plants. 



In addition to the ordinary cultivation with harrow and plow, the 

 plants were carefully hoed and thinned at from two to three weeks after 

 coming up. The field was kept entirely free of weeds, the healthy and 

 vigorous plants were retained in the process of thinning, and the agri- 

 cultural aspect of the station at the time of the beginning of the harv- 

 esting was all that the most fastidious could desire. 



The principles which controlled the cultivation were those naturally 

 in force in the kind of climate prevailing at Medicine Lodge, namely, 

 deep plowing in the preparation of the seed bed, thorough tilth of the 

 surface secured by frequent stirring to shallow depth, and the proper 

 attention to the young plantlets with the hand and hoe. So success- 

 ful were the results of the cultural work that although during the lat- 

 ter part of July and nearly the whole of August a severe drought pre- 

 vailed, yet there was no firing of the plants, the leaves remaining green 

 down to the ground up to the time of its maturity. 



Heretofore but little attention has been given to the necessity of care- 

 ful culture, but the results of the first year of this kind of work are so 

 encouraging as to lead to the entertainment of the hope that hereafter, 

 in the growth of sorghum, the proper attention will be given to this 

 important subject. 



YIELD AND QUALITY. 



It was thought best to make a comparative test of all the varieties 

 of cane grown at as nearly as possible the same time. This was accom- 

 plished with all the varieties, except the Early Amber, the whole of 



