higher purity. This superiority, however, in only from a chemical point of view 

 and not from a sirup-making standpoint. In other words, a sirup made from sample 

 B 3 would be less likely to granulate than a sirup from samples A and B. The total 

 quality of sirup-making materials is obtained by adding together the sucrose and the 

 reducing sugar. Judging from these tests, samples C and B 3 are positively superior 

 to A and B 



N/ ////// Kfnhhli'fni- xecd cane. No cane is planted in the fall in this vicinity, as first- 

 year stubble usually supplies sufficient seed cane. .Many planters do nothing to 

 save stubble and hence first-year stubble cane is very uncertain, and at best but a 

 poor crop. Some planters, however, save the seed cane in the following way: The 

 cane is dug up by the roots during the latter part of October, just before the grinding 

 season begins, placed in large windrows 4 to 5 feet wide and 2 to 3 feet deep, the 

 tops of the cane lapping the butts and covered with a few inches of dirt from two or 

 three furrows thrown up on each side of the windrow. Cane so stored in well-drained 

 land keeps very well through the winter. But very little first year planted cane is 

 used for seed. In saving seed cane it is calculated that 1 acre of good cane will plant 

 6 acres, or if the cane is short, f> acres. 



Dat<i mi Mr. J 'nllc's farm. Mr. Polk has 10 acres of excellent purple cane, about as 

 good a stand as was seen. The rows were 5 feet apart and the cane tall and heavy, 

 but rather green. The land has been in cultivation twenty years, but has been well 

 manured. The fertilizer is put on in two applications, one in the drill at plant ing 

 and one in June, and has the following composition: Thirty bushels of cotton seed 

 per acre; 400 pounds of guano (l.SS percent nitrogen, 11 percent soluble phosphoric 

 acid, 2 per cent insoluble; 1 per cent of potash). This fertilizer costs about $22 per 

 ton retail, or $19 wholesale. In addition 4 loads of stable manure per acre wen- 

 used. Mr. Polk values manure very highly and probably the line condition of the 

 cane was largely due to its use. In saving seed cane furrows are plowed from each 

 side over the stubble after a part of the waste has been burnt off, and very good 

 results have been obtained. 



Data mi tin' fa nit <>f Mr. ]-<iiJandingliam. Three and three-quarters acres of purple 

 cane were planted on March 1, 1902, from which a yield of 09.2 tons was obtained, 

 an average of 18.5 tons per acre. 



The fertilizer used per acre was 000 pounds of commercial guano (8 per cent phos- 

 phoric acid, 4 per cent potash ) and 15 bushels of cotton seed. The land was broken 

 broadcast and bedded into rows 4 feet wide, in which deep furrows were opened 

 and the cane put down with 400 pounds of the guano mentioned above and 15 bush- 

 els of cottonseed. The seed were sprinkled down "green" in the drill when the 

 cane was planted. It is then lightly covered, unless the season is very dry, when it 

 is covered dee}). The row is run over with a board, or better with a rake, thus lev- 

 eling off the uneven spots. The cane is plowed only twice, barred off with a sweep, 

 and no soil is thrown hack until a full stand of suckers is obtained. The cane is 

 thinned and laid by when shoulder high to a man of medium height, by plowing 

 live fin-rows to the row with a large sweep. This is generally done about July l,and 

 Mr\ Yanlandingham thinks that cultivating after this time does more harm than 

 good, as it injures the feed roots. 



The crop was sold to Mr. Wight, of Cairo, for $3.75 per ton. Immediately before 

 harvesting cane for planting is dug up with tops and roots and placed in windrows 4 

 to 5 feet wi<le with butts S inches apart and tops overlapping lo keep the dirt from 

 them. The soil is thrown on to a depth not exceeding U.I inches, as Mr. Yanlanding- 

 ham think;- more cane is lost in this section from IK at than from cold, the cane heini: 

 covered too deep in the windrows. When the cane is dug up for planting it is 

 stripped, topped, and cut in two pieces, so that if a piece is pulled up in cultivating 



displaced. 



The first killing fro.-t ..ccurred on November L M ., and as there had not been enough 

 iWt irevious to that date to stop the -rowing of the cane, the -nibble had sprouted 



