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Variety No. 112. 



Harvested and examined on the 18th of September. 

 o. 13: 



Grown on Block 



Yield of whole cane per acre .......................... tons. . 13. 28 



Yield of topped cane per aero .......................... do. . . 11. 27 



Yield of cleaned cane per acre ......................... do ... 9. 53 



Yield of seed tops per acre ............................. do ... 2. 01 



Yield of trash per acre ................................ do. . . 1. 76 



Yield of seed per acre .............................. pounds . . 2, 558 



Number of stalks per acre ................................... 19, 87 i 



Sucrose in the j nice ............................... per cent . . 14. 15 



Purity of j u ice ......................................... do ... 71 



Weight of sugar in cleaned cane per acre ........... pounds . . 2, 369 



Ubchlana. 



Harvested and examined on the 18th of September. Grown on Block 

 No. 16: 



Yield of whole cane per acre .......................... tons.. 13.65 



Yield of topped cane per acre .......................... do. . . 11. 42 



Yield of cleaned cane per acre ......................... do ___ 9. 77 



Yield of seed tops per acre ............................. do... 2.23 



Yield of trash per acre ................................. do ___ 1. 65 



Yield of seed per acre .............................. pounds. . 1, 399 



Number of stalks per acre .................................. 17, 392 



Sucrose in the juice ............................... per cent. . 12 



Purity of juice ......................................... do.. . 65.8 



Yield of sugar per acre of cleaned cane ............. pounds . . 2, 090 



The foregoing data, for convenience of reference, are collected in the 

 following table: 



Data calculated for one acre by careful measurement of cane (frown on a measured area. 



Serial 

 No. 



Variety. 



Folger's Early 



Colmaii cane 



Link's Hybrid.... 



Black African 



Early Orange 



Collier 



Colmaii cane 



Australian 



No. 161 



No.160 



No. 91 



No. 126 



No. 112 



Planters' Friend . . 

 India and Orange. 

 Ubehlana 



Date. 



Sept. 15 

 Sept. 16 

 ...do... 

 ..do... 

 ..do... 

 ...do... 



..do.... 

 ..do... 

 Sept. 17 

 ..do... 



Sept. 18 

 ..do... 

 ..do... 

 ..do... 



..do... 

 ..do .. 



Plot. 



Area. 



Acre. 

 .096 

 .088 



.088 



,088 



,088 



.096 



.096 

 .096 



In .sample. 



Seed 

 tops. 



Pounds. 

 430 

 400 

 310 

 440 

 430 

 350 

 460 

 370 

 410 

 290 

 460 

 310 



430 



Whole 



Pounds. 

 2,700 

 2,120 

 1,880 

 2,310 

 2,550 

 2,870 

 2,760 

 2,050 

 2,630 

 1,940 

 2,770 

 2,130 

 2,570 

 2,20 

 2,670 

 2,640 



Topped 



Pounds. 

 2,270 

 1,720 

 1,570 

 1,870 

 2,120 

 2, 520 

 2,300 

 1,680 

 2,220 

 1,650 

 2,310 

 1,820 

 2,180 

 2,460 

 2,210 

 2,210 



Trash. 



Pounds. 

 323 

 290 

 220 

 260 



aw 



330 

 280 

 170 

 310 

 180 

 340 

 270 

 340 

 410 

 360 

 320 



Clean 

 cane. 



Pounds. 

 1,947 

 1,430 

 1,350 

 1,610 

 1,730 

 2,190 

 2, 020 

 1,510 

 1,910 

 1,470 

 1,970 

 1, 550 

 1,840 

 2,050 

 1,850 

 1,890 



