1890.] 



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Beets, Field D {1888). 

 [I. Excelsior Sugar Beet; II. Improved Imperial ; (?) III. Vilmorin Sugar Beet.] 



Moisture at 100° C, . 



Dry matter, 



Analysis of Drij Matter. 

 Crude ash, 



" cellulose, 



" fat, 



" protein (nitrogenous matter), 



Xon-nitrogenous extract matter. 



Sugar, 



Fertilizing Constituents of the Above Beets. 



II. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Calcium oxide, 

 Magnesium oxide. 

 Ferric oxide, . 

 Sodium oxide, 

 Potassium oxide. 

 Phosphoric acid. 

 Nitrogen, 

 Insoluble matter. 

 Valuation per ton. 



90.600 

 .045 

 .030 

 .005 

 .104 

 .462 

 .086 

 .192 

 .015 



$1 14 



86.730 

 .056 

 .037 

 .009 

 .170 

 .170 

 .028 

 .181 

 .090 



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