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CONTENTS 



sorghums, 494; Culture of broom-corn, 495; Har- 

 vesting broom-corn, 496. 



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CHAPTER XXXV 



SUGAR-CANE ........ 



Nativity, 497. Description: The plant, 498; Roots, 

 499; The leaves, 500; Inflorescence, 501; The stem, 

 502; Structure of the stem, 503; Amount and distri- 

 bution of juice, 504; Composition of the juice, 505; 

 Conditions affecting the composition of the juice, 506; 

 Relative composition of cane in the Louisiana sugar- 

 belt and in the coastal pine-belt, 507. Varieties and 

 Improvement of Sugar-cane: Varieties, 508; Japanese 

 sugar-cane, 509; Improvement, 510. 



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CHAPTER XXXVI 



SUGAR-CANE CLIMATE, SOILS, ROTATIONS, FERTILIZERS 

 AND TILLAGE PRACTICES ..... 

 Climate, 511; Soils, 512; Rotations, 513; Fertilizers, 

 514; Fertilizers for cane in the pine-belt, 516. Tillage 

 Practices: Preparation of the land, 517; Time of 

 planting, 518; Method of planting, 519; Keeping seed- 

 cane over winter, 520; Cultivation, 521. 



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CHAPTER XXXVII 



SUGAR-CANE HARVESTING, USES, INSECT PESTS AND 

 DISEASES ........ 



Harvesting: Time of harvesting, 522; Stripping, 

 topping, and cutting, 523; Handling the harvested 

 cane, 524; Yields, 525; Uses, 526. Insect Pests: The 

 sugar-cane borer, 527; The southern grass worm, 528. 

 Fungous Diseases: Origin, 529; Red-rot of sugar-cane, 

 530; The rind disease, 531; The pineapple disease, 

 532; The root-rot disease, 533. 



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