LOSS IN TONNAGE OF SUGAR BEETS BY DRYING. 
Table III. — Results of drying experiments with topped sugar beets in medium-sized^piles 
at Ogden, Utah, and Garden City, Kans., in 1912 — Continued. 
At Garden 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 
November 12 '. 
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 temperature 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. 
°F. 
67 
61 
31 
°F. 
33 
10 
4 
°F. 
53 
64 
"* 01 
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. 
Townsend caused other series of beets to be thrown into piles without 
topping them. The results of these experiments are shown in Table V. 
Table A'. — 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. 
Days. 
Pounds. 
100.5 
95 
90 
80 
68 
Pounds. 
112.5 
November 11 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5.5 
5 
10 
12 
5. 17 
L97 
9.95 
11.94 
106. 5 
100 
90.5 
81 
' 6 
6.5 
9.5 
9.5 
5.33 
5.78 
8.44 
8.44 
Total. 
32.5 
32. 33 
31. 5 
27.99 
Mean daily loss in weight: Series 1, 8.8 per cent; series 2, 7 per cent; of the two series, 
7-9 per cent. The temperature conditions were as shown in Table IV. 
