REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



179 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



TABLE II-ANALYSES OF SUGAR BEETS FROM MANITOBA— 1900. 



No. 



lA 



iB 



2a 



2b 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17a 

 17b 

 18a 

 18b 



Variety. 



Percentage 

 of Sugar 

 in Juice. 



Wanzleben Improved 



It II 



New Danish " 



II II 



Vilmorin's " 



Wanzleben " 



New Danish " 



Wanzleben " 



Vilmorin's " 



Wanzleben " 



Vilmorin's n 



Wanzleben " 



II II 



Vilmorin's " 



II II 



New Danish " 



Vilmorin's " 



New Danish " 



II II 



II II 



Wanzleben " 



10 



11 



9 



10 



9 



8 



9 



11 



10 



7 



9 



9 



11 



9 



8 



10 



8 



9 



9 



11 



12 



11 



Percentage 

 of Solids 

 in Juice. 



15 

 15 

 14 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 14 

 10 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 14 

 12 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 15 

 1() 

 15 



Co-efficient 



of 



Purity. 



Average 

 Weiglit of 

 one Root. 



Lbs. Oz. 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



12 



13 



3 



2 



6 



5 



12 



10 



i 



3 



7 

 4 



15 



7 

 1 

 4 



The sugar content is not high and the co-efficient of purity is low ; indeed, the 

 re-nlts cire iar fiom encouraging. It will be remembered, however, that the weather 

 during the early part of the season, both in Manitoba, and the jSiorth-west Territories, 

 was extremely dry ; for this reason, the beets failed to get a proper or early start. Mr. 

 McKellar writes : ' So discouraging was the drought that several farmers who got 

 seed did not sow it, while some that sowed it cultivated the plants down, thinking it 

 useless to leave them.' The exceptional dryness of the soil when the seed was sown 

 and the almost entire lack of rain until the latter part of July undoubtedly militated 

 greatly against the normal growth of the roots and the production of sugar. This 

 drought was followed by very heavy rainfalls in August and September — months that 

 should be warm and dry for a high sugar content. 



Since in many instances the percentage of sugar is notably increased during the 

 last two or three weeks of the beet's growth — especially if climatic conditions are 

 favourable — duplicate samples from plots Nos. 1, 2, 17 and IS were taken by Mr. 

 McKellar on November 1 — a fortnight after the date of the first collection. These 

 are designated in the table as 1 B, 2 B, 17 B, 18 B, respectively. In three cases out of 

 the four there had been an increase in the saccharine matter, but in all probability 

 this would have been more marked in a normal season ; for the heavy rains, it 13 

 reasonable to suppose, had induced vegetative growth rather than the storing up of 

 sugar. 



The results obtained on the beets grown at Brandon and Indian Head are given in 

 Table III. 



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