330 



[Assembly 



By good management 20 tons ot the roots can be raised to the 

 acre. 



Twenty tons of the fresh rocts of the turnip beet and the long 

 blood beet, contain of 



Turnip beet. 



Inorganic matter, 445 lbs. 



These amounts are made up of. 



Carbonic acid, 98 lbs. 



Silicic acid, 6 



Phosphoric acid, 48 



Phosphate of iron, 



Lime, 40 



8^ 



Long blood beet 



432 lbs. 



70i lbs 



H 



421 



5 



Magnesia,. 



8 



H 



561 

 232 



H 



Potash, 36 



Soda, 189 



Chlorine, 4 



Sulphuric acid, 8i 7 



In round numbers, the following compost furnishes in suffi- 

 cient quantity all the inorganic bodies removed by 20 tons of 

 beet roots, and even more of some of them than is required; 300 

 lbs. of ashes, 200 lbs. of common salt. 



The tops are generally left upon the ground, hence it is not 

 necessary to include these in the materials removed from the soil. 



Proximate Organic Composition. 



Turnip Beet. 



Water, , 



Fiber, 



Sugar and extract,. • ■ 



Dextrine, 



Casein, 



Albumen, 



Starch, 



Resin, , 



Gluten, 



Red coloring matter, . 

 Fat, 



100 lbs. ofjlOO lbs. of 

 fresh root, dry root. 



, 



92.845 

 2.173 

 3.120 

 1.025 

 0.142 

 0.445 

 0.195 

 0.080 

 0.033 

 0.027 

 0.010 



29.975 

 43.039 

 14. 1.34 

 1 . 965 

 6.138 

 2.690 

 1.103 

 0.448 

 0.380 

 0.138 



Long Blood Beet. 



100 lbs of 

 fresh root. 



89.095 

 2.310 

 6.125 

 1.035 

 0.040 

 1.155 

 0.313 

 0.057 

 0.020 

 018 



trace. 



100 lbs. of 

 dry root. 



White Sugar Beet. 



100 lbs. of 

 fresh root. 



20.86 



55.327 

 9.347 

 0..361 



10.431 

 2.815 

 0.519 

 0.180 

 0.158 



trace. 



90.550 

 2.295 

 5 .730 

 0.440 

 0.595 

 0.443 



trace. 

 0.020 

 0.015 



0.010 



100 lbs. of 

 dry root. 



24.039 

 60.023 

 4.608 

 6.242 

 4.617 

 trace. 

 0.260 

 0.157 



0.105 



In tlie above analyses we see the nutritive powers of the beet 

 root. The average percentage of dry matter in the fresh mature 

 roots does not vary much from 10 per cent. One ton of the fresh 

 roots of the turnip beet contains of sugar 62 J lbs., of dextrine 



