LOSS IN TONNAGE OF SUGAR BEETS BY DEYING. 5 



Table III. — Results of drying experiments tviih topped sugar heels in medium-sized piles 

 at Ogden, Utah, and Garden City, Kans., in 15.?^— Continued. 



At Gaeden City, Kans. 





Exposure. 



Series 1. 



Series 2. 



Date. 



Weight. 



Loss. 



Weight. 



Loss. 





Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 





Days. 



Pounds. 

 156 

 148 

 140.5 

 128.5 

 117 







Pounds. 

 139 

 131.5 

 121.5 

 110.5 

 101.5 









1 

 2 

 3 



4 



8 



7.5 

 12 

 11.5 



5.1 

 4.8 

 7.75 

 7.37 



7.5 

 10 

 11 



9 



5.4 





7.2 





7.9 





6.47 







Total 



39 



25.02 



37.5 



26.97 













Mean daily loss in weight: Series 1, 6.23 per cent; series 2, 6.74 per cent; of the two 

 series, 6.48 per cent. 



In the experiments at Garden City, Kans., the beets were topped 

 as soon as they had been plowed out, and the workers piled them 

 just as in regular field practice. The temperatmre conditions during 

 these experiments are given in Table IV. 



Table IV. — Temperature at Garden City, Kans., November 10 to 14, 1912. 



Date. 



Maximum. 



Minimum. 



Date. 



Maximum. 



Minimum. 



November 10 ' 



"F. 

 67 

 61 

 31 



33 



10 



4 



November 13 



"F. 

 53 

 64 



"F. 



24 



November 11 



November 14 



29 



November 12 











1 One-half inch of snow. 

 THE DRYING OF BEETS PULLED AND PILED WITHOUT BEING TOPPED. 



Simultaneously with the experiments at Garden City, Kans., Dr. 

 To\\Tisend caused other series of beets to be thrown into piles without 

 topping them. The results of these experiments are shown in Table V. 



Table V. — Results of drying experiments with untopped sugar beets in two piles, Garden 



City, Kans., 1912. 





Exposure. 



Series 1. 



Series 2. 



Date. 



Weight. 



Loss. 



Weight. 



Loss. 





Pounds. 



Per cent. 



Pounds. 



Per 



cent. 



No^'ember 10 



Daps. 



PoUTUis. 



KM). 5 

 95 

 9<J 

 SO 

 08 







Pounds. 

 112.5 

 106. 5 

 100 



90. .'■) 



SI 







November 11 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



5. 5 



5 

 10 

 12 



5.47 

 4.97 

 9.95 

 11.94 







0.5 

 9. 5 

 9.5 





5. 33 



Noveml>er 12 



5 78 





8 44 



November 14 



8 44 







Total 



32.5 



32.33 



31.5 





27 99 











Mean daily U^hh in weight: SericHl, 8.8 per rent; serieH 2, 7 jxr ((mI ; df llic tAvoHcrioH, 

 7 9 per r-ent. Tlif tomporaturo foiulitioiiH wfro as shown in 'I'lihic IV. 



