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Bulletin 143. 



Samples of Mangold Wurzel Analyzed as Follows 



Date harvested. 



it 

 (< 



Sept. 25 

 25 

 29 

 29 

 6 

 20 

 20 



Nov. 6 



Oct. 



Oct. 



(^ 



Weight of beet 



without crowu. 



Lbs. 



4.05 

 4.05 

 3-05 

 2.49 

 1.96 

 2.05 

 1.57 

 1-49 



Brix° or per 



cent, solids iu 



the juice. 



7.5 

 10.4 

 10-4 



9.0 

 13.8 

 ll-l 

 13-2 



9.9 



Per cent, sugar 

 in the juice. 



3-50 

 <)-70 

 7.20 

 4.50 

 10.45 

 5.65 

 7.90 

 .50 



5. 



Purity 

 Per cent. 



Samples of red turnip garden beet analyzed as follows: 



6. 

 6. 



1.39 

 3.13 



14.0 

 12-8 



11.30 

 9.80 



46-7 

 64-4 

 69.2 

 .50.0 

 75-7 

 50.9 

 59.8 

 55.6 



80.7 

 76.6 



From the preceding tables the following general averages are drawn : 



A comparison of the beets grown on sandy loam with those from 

 clay loam shows only a shght difference in favor of the clay. 



Per cent. Per 



sugar in cent. 



juice, purity. 



Quality of beets grown on sandy loam :■ 112 analyses, averaged 16,66 83.1 



c/ay " 109 "'' " 17.29 83.8 



The distance between rows did not seem to affect materially the 

 quality of the beets. 



Quality of beets grown in rows 30 inches or more apart : 108 



analyses, averaged 16.71 83.0 



Quality of l^eets grown in rows less than 20 inches apart : 115 



analyses, averaged 16.96 83.3 



The statement that barn manure should be applied to the preceding 

 crop and not directly to the beets as affecting the quality is substan- 

 tiated in the following table : 



No. Cases. 



Manure applied in 1896 45 



1H97 59 



Per cent. 



sugar 

 in juice. 



17-37 

 16.62 



Per cent, 

 purity. 



83.96 

 82.94 



The following cases have been selected showing what influence, if 

 any, is exerted by the preceding crop : 



