78 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Fodder Analyses of Vilmorin Sugar Beets. 



The low percentage of sugar noticed in some of the varie- 

 ties is evidently more due to au unfavorable couditiou of the 

 soil than the seeds. 



Lane's Improved Sugar Beet, 

 Weight of Root below Leaf Marks, . 

 Specific Gravity of Juice, .... 

 Density : Brix Saccharometer, 



Temperature, 



Sugar in Juice as indicated by Polariscope, 



Moisture at 100° C, 



Dry Matter, 



1 lb. 9f oz. 



1.060. 

 15.5° 

 26° C. 



11.97% 

 83.57% 

 16.43 



Fodder Analysis of Lane''s Improved Sugar Beet. 



Moisture at 100° C, 

 Dry Matter, . 



Analysis of Dry Matter. 

 Crude Ash, . . . , . 



" Cellulose, .... 



" Fat, 



" Protein (Nitrogenous Matter), 

 Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter, 



83.57 per cent. 

 16.43 



100.00 



3.57 per cent. 



5.27 



.83 



17.44 



72.89 



100.00 



