Sugar Beet Investigations for 1899. 



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Table Showing Effect of Fertilizer upon Quality of Beets. 

 Average of Results for 1897, 1898 and 1899. 



Plat. 



6 



7 

 8 



9 

 10 



11 



12 

 13 

 14 



Fertilizer used. 



Sulfate of potash 



Superphosphate 



j Sulfate of potash 



] Nitrate of soda 



Nitrate of soda , 



No fertilizer 



No fertilizer 



j Sulphate of potash . . . 



\ Superphosphate 



J Nitrate of soda 



\ Superphosphate 



i Sulphate of potash 

 Nitrate of soda 

 Superphosphate 



Muriate of potash 



Lime 



Ground phosphate rock. 



Per cent 

 of sugar 

 in beet. 



16.66 

 15.82 

 15.72 



13.53 

 15.53 

 16.14 

 16.90 



i'5^83 



16.11 



17.02 

 15.98 

 15.86 



Per cent Per cent 

 of sugar of solids 

 in juice, in juice. 



17.53 

 16.64 

 16.55 



15.29 

 17.05 

 17.03 

 17.79 



16.66 



16.96 



17.92 

 17.15 

 16.69 



20.39 

 19.44 

 19.35 



18.49 

 20.00 

 19.64 

 .0.11 



19! 14 



19.79 



20180 

 19.76 

 19.39 



Purity 

 of juice. 



85 38 

 88.75 

 85.46 



81.60 

 85.53 

 86.40 

 88.39 



86.75 



85.54 



85! 94 

 86.61 

 86.04 



By a study of the above tables the two facts which seem to be 

 most pronounced are : First, where nitrate of soda was used alone 

 as a fertilizer the per cent of sugar in the beets was very materially 

 reduced as was also the purity of the juice. The average per cent 

 of sugar in the beets where nitrate of soda alone was used was 13.53, 

 with the purity of the juice 81.60. 



The average of all plats where no nitrate of soda was used was 

 16.24 per cent of sugar in the beets with the purity of juice of 

 86.63. 



Second — Contrary to the popular belief, the beets upon the plat 

 receiving muriate of potash alone as a fertilizer contained the high- 

 est per cent of sugar of any of the beets grown, and the purity of 

 the juice compared well with that of all others. The per cent of 

 sugar in the beets fertilized with muriate of potash alone was 17.02 

 with a purity of the juice of 85.94. The average per cent of sugar 

 in the beets grown on all plats not receiving any muriate of potash 

 was 15.82 with purity of the juice of 86.04. It is usually considered 

 that the sulfate of potash is superior to the muriate of potash as a 



