No. 33.] Sot 
SorGHUM. 
The season of 1884 seemed very unfavorable to the growth and 
maturity of sorghum. A large plat was planted May 26 with seed 
of the Early Amber variety supplied by Prof. Henry of the 
University of Wisconsin, samples of the same seed being sent to 
several of the experiment stations in order that the results obtained, 
with the same variety, in different sections, might be comparable- 
This cane was very backward throughout the season, and when killed 
by frost, October 15, much of it was still in bloom, and only a few 
stalks, evidently of a variety earlier than the most of the plat, could 
be found whose seed was in the dough. These earlier stalks were 
tested October 7, and again October 14. On October 15, a bevere 
freeze having occurred the night before, a fair average of the cane 
was taken from each half of the plat and tested. The following 
results were obtained in the tests made : 
Earty AMBER CANE. 
; Si as I OER VESTS: —_ 
| 


A he t 
eee oleht of Percent! Sp. er. Sr chne Per cent Total 
1834. oe stripped of Bt of sugar | of glu- Sus ia 
ane cane, | juice. | juice. | by polar-| cose. & 
CANC+. T'orams. iscope. 
ete heat ie oak kins: 64 276 45.31. 2.1'2056 BoeOct non wee. | wee 
opal: see a 8 a Be! 7 261 44.5 1.056 Tia 3.80 | tia 
Ci a) Bo: | 74 836 45. 1.08 7.441 3.54 10.98 
OO RO a | 7B 412 46.5 1.053 7.64 4.21 11.85 


* Earliest stalks in plat. 
+ Average stalks from west half of plat. 
+ Average stalks from east half of plat.: 
Two samples of Niagara cane, one raised from ripe seed, and the 
other from unripe seed, were tested October 14. The samples from 
unripe seed _were a little more advanced than that from the ripe 
seed, and the results obtained show it to be a little richer in cane 
sugar, the total sugar being practically the same in both cases. 





Average Average Per cent 
leneth weight of} Percent | Sp. er. | of cane |Per cent Total 
1884, 14 stripped of of sugar by| of glu- |  uoar 
cane cane, juice. juice. polaris- cose. 5 
* | grams. cope. | 
OC ara eS % 316 39 .2 1.076 11.96 2.22 14.18 
SALES er ae Pree 73. | 347 41.1 1.076 | 11.10 3.10 14.20 




* From ripe seed. 
* From unripe seed 
