FIELD CROPS. 



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Relative yields from broadcasted, drilled, and transi)lanted Japan seed rice 



(No. 153.) 



" Taken from preceding table. 



".Vt .?2.50 per 100 pounds. 



Topography of the sugars and nonsugars in the sugar-beet root, J. Urban 

 {Ztschr. Zuckerindus. Bohmen, 32 {1901), No. 1, pp. 11-2.',, figs. 2).— Differeut 

 parts of the beet root were found to vary not only in sugar content and in crude 

 ash but also in the composition of the pure ash. The organic and inorganic 

 nonsugars increasetl from the lower toward the upper portion of the root, but 

 the rate of increase was not the same for all substances. In the fresh material, 

 the smallest quantity of potassium oxid was found in the middle portion, while 

 phosphoric acid was about equally distributed throughout the root. The ash 

 from the lower part contained the largest quantities of potassium oxid and 

 phosphoric acid, but these substances decreased toward the crown. Sodium 

 oxid. lime, and chlorin decreased from the crown toward the tip. 



A study of the concentric parts of the beet showed that the sugar content is 

 highest and the nonsugars are lowest in the middle portion, that the inner 

 portion contains less sugar, and that the lowest percentage of sugar is found in 

 the youngest layer next the skin. Sodium o.xid and chlorin were lowest and 

 calcium oxid, potassium oxid. and phosphoric acid were highest, in the outer 

 Iiortion. 



Plant food requirements of seed beets, mother beets, and cuttings, K. 

 Andrlik, J. Urban, and \'. Stankk iZtsvlir. Zuckerindus. Bolniien, 32 (1901), 

 \o. 1, pp. 1-11, figs. 2). — The composition of seed beets in the early stages of 

 growth, at the time their stems develop, during blossoming and seed formation, 

 and at maturity was determined, and the contents of the different elements at 

 these various stages are recorded and discussed. The results of analyses are 

 given in the table on the following page. 



