. The Cuba review. 38 THE CUBA REVIEW INFORMATION FOR SUGAR PLANTERS MOLASSES NOT A GOOD FERTILIZER FIRE INJURY TO CANE ANALYZED A SUGAR MERGER â USE OF MOLASSES HARMFUL As the result of experiments on the sub- ject of the use of molasses in cane culti- vation, Mr. S. S. Peck concludes that mo- lasses applied to land which is receiving the usual fertilizer applications as prac- ticed in Hawaii does harm. It causes a part of the nitrogen applied as nitrate to revert back to less available or unavail- able forms of nitrogen, by checking the nitrification of sulphate of ammonia dress- ings, and b
. The Cuba review. 38 THE CUBA REVIEW INFORMATION FOR SUGAR PLANTERS MOLASSES NOT A GOOD FERTILIZER FIRE INJURY TO CANE ANALYZED A SUGAR MERGER â USE OF MOLASSES HARMFUL As the result of experiments on the sub- ject of the use of molasses in cane culti- vation, Mr. S. S. Peck concludes that mo- lasses applied to land which is receiving the usual fertilizer applications as prac- ticed in Hawaii does harm. It causes a part of the nitrogen applied as nitrate to revert back to less available or unavail- able forms of nitrogen, by checking the nitrification of sulphate of ammonia dress- ings, and by retarding the ammonification and nitrification of the nitrogen of organic fertilizers. This harmful efifect is stated to be entirely due to the organic constitu- ents of the molasses, the mineral matters having no influence. Dressing with car- bonate of lime does not correct the adverse action of the molasses.âWest India Com- mittee Circular. DETERIORATION IN BURNT CANE The burning of sugar cane either by ac- cident or design has assumed large pro- portions in Cuba this year and has attracted general attention. In Australia there has been likewise considerable destruction of cane in this way and to such an extent that at the Australian Sugar Producers' Association conference recently there was considerable discussion. The injury to the cane by fire is thus summed up by the Australian Sugar Journal and copied in the Agricultural Nezvs: "Recent analyses have shown that losses from burning occur to the following ex- tent. In the? first place there is a loss in weight which is never less than 4 per cent and, on the average, probably as high as 6 or 7 per cent. Accompanying this, there is an increase in the percentage of fibre which leads to corresponding difficulties as regards extraction. Moreover, the deterio- ration in the field is more rapid in the case of burnt canes than in the case of green canes cut an^' left in the same way. Furthermore, an average interval of thr
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