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Excerpt from Studies in Indian Sugarcanes, No. 5: On Testing the Suitability of Sugarcane Varieties for Different Localities, by a System of Measurements, Periodicity in the Growth of the Sugarcane A writer in the Louisiana Planter of September, 1916, has drawn attention to the great growth in length of the sugarcane in the Southern States during the moist, forcing heat of July and August. He claims that, not infrequently, two to three joints are added per week and that these are well formed and from four to six inches in length, and are apparently much finer canes than are generally grown in the tropics. A further statement in the November number of the same journal gives the data on which these figures are based and, incidentally, throws light on the vegetative period in this tract. Careful measurements made by a planting correspondent, extending over four years, show that the cane is about a foot long at the beginning of July, increases by 30 inches both in July and in August, 18 in September, 12 in October, and then practically ceases to grow. The author draws attention to the economic importance of this class of work, especially with regard to the decision as to which canes are best suited to different tracts of country. He emphasizes the absence cf exact data and suggests that such work should be taken up by the experi mental stations. The method employed by the planter was very simple, in that stakes were driven into the ground and the canes laid along these at successive periods and measured. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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