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Table VII .—Daily variation of water, dry matter and carbohydrates in the leaves of 
Dwarf milo at Garden City, Kans ., August j, igij 
PERCENTAGE OF THE CONSTITUENTS 
Period ending— 
Dry matter. 
Water. 
Total sug¬ 
ars. 
Nonreduc¬ 
ing sugars. 
Reducing 
sugars. 
Starch. 0 
Aug. 3. 
6 a. m . 
31-3 
68.7 
2.25 
1-37 
0.88 
20.86 
8 a. m . 
32.9 
67.1 
4.62 
2.17 
2.45 
I 9 * 5 I 
10 a. m . 
34-0 
66.0 
5-92 
3 - 9 1 
2.01 
21.91 
12 m... 
35-8 
64.2 
6.77 
4.87 
1.90 
21.44 
2 p. m . 
36.2 
63.8 
5-59 
4.33 
1.26 
22.23 
4 P- m. 
36.4 
63.6 
4.25 
3 - 25 
1.00 
23.29 
6 p. m . 
36.2 
63.8 
2.82 
2.25 
•57 
23.84 
8 p. m . 
34-8 
65.2 
1.92 
1.S8 
•34 
24.23 
GRAMS OF CONSTITUENTS PER SQUARE METER OF LEAF 
Aug. 3. 
6 a. m . 
52.9 
116.3 
1.19 
0.72 
0.46 
11.03 
8 a. m ... 
54-4 
III.O 
2.51 
1.18 
i -33 
10.61 
10 a. m.. 
56.1 
109.2 
3-32 
2.19 
1 .13 
12.29 
12 m. 
59-3 
106.4 
4.01 
2.89 
x * x 3 
12.79 
2 p. m . 
60.9 
107.5 
3.40 
2.64 
.76 
x 3*54 
4 P.m.. 
61.5 
107.5 
2.61 
2.00 
.61 
14.32 
6 p. m . 
62.5 
no.2 
1.76 
1.41 
•36 
14.90 
8 p. m . 
61.9 
116.3 
1.19 
.98 
.21 
15.00 
° The term “starch” as here used includes, besides the starch, the pentosans and other insoluble carbo¬ 
hydrates that undergo conversion into reducing sugars on boiling with hydrochloric acid according to the 
official method of acid hydrolysis for the estimation of starch. 
