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20i lbs,, of albumen, casein and gluten 12J lbs. One ton of the 

 fresh roots of the long blood beet contains of sugar l'22i lbs., of 

 dextrine 20.7 lbs., of albumen, casein and gluten 24i lbs. One 

 ton of the white sugar beet contains of sugar 114 J lbs., of dex- 

 trine 9 lbs. J of albumen, casein and gluten 21 lbs. 



Ultimate Organic Analysis. 

 100 parts of dry root of the 



Turnip beet. Long blood beet. "White gugar beet. 



Nitrogen, 1.270 1.445 1.465 



Carbon, 38.610 41.435 40.729 



Oxygen,., 39.240 42 256 41.511 



Hydrogen, 6.054 6.514 6.529 



Inorganic matter, 15.556 9.072 10.534 



The long blood beet is the richest in sugar and nitrogen of the 

 three varieties examined. 



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ANALYSIS OF Ex\DIVE OR SUCCORY, {Cichorium Endivia.) 



By J. H. Salisbury, M. D. 



This plant is a hardy annual, a native of China and Japan. 

 The samples analysed were large and succulent. They were fur- 

 nished by Herman Wendell, M. D., Albany. The average length 

 of the tops 11 inches 5 average weight of each plant 6 ounces. 



Per centage of watery dry matter, a7id ash in the fresh plant. 



Per centage of water, 91 . 925 



" of dry matter, 8 . 975 



« of ash, 1 .010 



" of ash in the dry matter, 12 . 507 



It will be observed tlmt this plant is liiiihly charged with mois- 

 ture. The fresh tops contain Init about H ll>s. of dry or solid mat- 

 ter to the hundred, the remaining 92 ll)s. is pure water. Of the 

 8 lbs of dry matter, a trace over one pound is inorganic matter, 

 so that there exists only about 7 ll'S. of organic matter in 100 lbs. 

 of fresh plants. 



