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CULTURE OP THE SUGAR BEET. 



don, gives the results of his analyses of this product from various sour- 

 ces, and we have collected them in the following table : 



Si 



3 .a 



5 



£*t5 



s S 

 o o 



is 



S € 



O a) 



- <M 



teo ■ 



fid* 



>• +^ ft 



Moisture 



Albuminous compounds* (flesh-forming matters) 



Sugar • 



Mucilage and pectinous compounds 



Digestible cellular fiber 



Woody fiber (cellulose) 



Crude cellular fiber 



Lactic acid 



Mineral matter (ash) 



Total 



* Containing nitrogen. 



70.11 

 2.25 

 3.39 

 1.93 



15.13 

 5.32 



70.88 

 2.38 



77.10 

 1.93 



70.00 

 2.43 



70.00 

 2.5 

 1.5 



16.59 



J 1.19 



§18. 67 

 6.48 



1.87 



16.43 

 3.72" 



16.07 

 1.12 

 2.59 



||24. 00 



"2. 66 



100. 00 



0.361 



100. 00 

 0.382 



100. 00 

 0.39 



100. 00 

 0.39 



100. 00 

 0.40 



t Containing a little sugar. \ Including sugar. 



§ Including pectinous compounds, &c. || Including a little lactic acid. 



The following will show the results af Corenwinder's analyses of 

 French pulps from the hydraulic presses : 



Water . 71.240 



Sugar 3.620 



Fatty matter 0. 628 



Cellulose 10.345 



Albumen 2. 381 



Pectose, &c 9-434 



Mineral matters 2. 172 



100. 000 



In this connection the following abstracts from the tables of Settegast, 

 in his work Die Thierzucht, quoted by G-raudeau in his Instruction pra- 

 tique sur le calcul des rations alimentaires des animaux de laferme, show- 

 ing the composition of various residues from the sugar-factory having a 

 feeding value, and of few varieties of hay, will be of interest and value. 



RESIDUES FROM SUGAR FACTORY. 



Beet-root molasses 



Residues from presses 



Residues from centrifugal process 

 Residues from diffusion (fresh) . . . 

 Residues from diffusion (pressed) 

 Raspings of beets 



18.33 



71.77 



82.0 



92.86 



88.08 



82.91 



8.67 



1.91 



1.0 



0.59 



0.97 



1.28 



0.42 



0.1 



0.08 



0.12 



0.11 



63.03 

 17.24 

 12.1 

 4.01 

 7.19 

 10.42 



5.59 



3.6 



1.71 



2.33 



3.98 



i-gog 

 3 "8 



05 3 a 



9 9 

 a a » 



o .. s 



oSfl' 



£§& 



9.97 



3.07 



1.2 



0.75 



1.31 



1.30 



7.2 

 9.2 

 12.2 

 7.1 

 7.5 

 8.2 



