Sugar Beet Investigations. 



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This ton of plants will contain the following amounts of plant 

 food: 



Generally the leaves are left on the ground and only the beet and 

 crowns taken from the field ; this being so, it is necessary to know 

 what proportion of the beet is croivn^ and so in several hundred cases 

 beets were weighed before and after removing the crowns with the 

 following results : 



The average of 454 cases weighed, showed that in every 100 parts 

 of the whole beet (leaves not included), 80.86 parts were crownless 

 beets and 19.14 parts were crowns; or, in round numbers, 81 parts 

 were crownless beets and 19 parts crowns. 



Therefore, in one ton of beets harvested, leaves not taken into 

 account, there are in : 



Fresh crownless beets 1,620 pounds. 



Fresh crowns 380 pounds. 



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This ton contains the following amounts of plant food : 



