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Bulletin 143. 



PYom the preceding analyses it may he said that, when freshly har- 

 vested and not withered : 



1 toil of whole plants (roots, crowns and 



leaves) contains 



1 ton of beets (roots and crowns) contains.. 



1 ton of leaves contains 



I ton of croirns contains 



1 ton of crowuless beets contains 



Factor}! Bi/-products. 

 1 ton of extracted cossettes,* or beet pnlp.. 



1 ton of molasses* 



1 ton of lime-cake* 



*The extracted cossettes, molasses and lime-cake were received from the 

 Rome Beet Sugar Factory. The extracted cossettes, or beet pulp, is a by- 

 product of the diffusion tanks. The molasses is a by-product of the centri- 



The lime-cake is a by-product of the carbouatation tanks. 



fugal machines. 



The lime-cake contained 25.96 per cent, of lime (CaO). 



Note. — Pounds per to7i of any of the above plant-foods divided by 20 will 

 give the percent, of that plant-food in the material — thus: 7.9S lbs. nitro- 

 gen -J- 20 = .399 per cent, of nitrogen in whole plant. 



