LOSS IIST TONNAGE OF SUGAR BEETS BY DEYING. 



9 



Arrangements were made with a neighboring sugar company to 

 pile about 50 tons of freshly harvested sugar beets. For this purpose 

 beets were hauled from two farms to the factory yard and carefully 

 weighed. These beets were fairly clean, but representative samples 

 were taken from time to time from which the tare was determined, 

 which was deducted from the bulk lot of beets. The beets were placed 

 in three adjacent piles, as shown in figure 5, containing, respectively, 

 11 tons 900 pounds, 16 tons 1,700 pounds, and 28 tons 190 pounds, 

 or 56 tons 790 pounds in all. This was done during November 3, 4, 

 and 5, 1912. They were left undisturbed until January 4, 1913, when 

 they were again weighed. During the two months they lost 4.1 per 

 cent. As wiU be seen from Table VIII, the prevailing temperatures 

 were low, with occasional light showers. 



Unfortunately, no tests were made of the sugar content of these 

 beets.' 



Fig. 5. — Three piles of sugar beets weighing, respectively, 11 tons 900 pounds, 16 tons 1,700 pounds, 

 and 28 tons 190 pounds, or a total of 56 tons 790 pounds, left uncovered in the factory yard from 

 November 3, 1912, to January 4, 1913. The sacks are filled with beet sugar and represent an 11 

 per cent extraction from each pile. The shrinkage in two months was 4.1 per cent. 



The temperature and precipitation conditions which prevailed at 

 the time the experiments were carried on at Ogden, Utah, are shown 

 in Table VIII. 



T.\BLE VIII. — Temperature and precipitation at Ogden, Utah, from November 1, 1912, 



to January 5, 19 IS. 



Day of month. 



November, 1912. 



B 



• F. 

 60 

 54 

 42 

 48 

 61 



ei 



04 

 R7 



s 

 is 



• F. 

 26 

 35 

 25 

 30 

 30 

 3« 

 42 

 5() 



" F. 



37.5 



44.5 



33.5 



39 



46 



49.6 



53 



58. 5 



/tm. 



December, 1912. 



.g 

 a 



" F. 

 18 

 10 

 17 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 13 

 17 



o p 



30 



31.5 



30.5 



2«.5 



22.5 



23 



24 



29 





Ina. 



January, 1913. 



° F. 

 20. 5 

 24.5 

 29. 5 

 21 

 12.5 



Ina. 



