LOSS IN TONNAGE OF SUGAR BEETS BY DRYING. 
9 
Arrangements were made with a neighboring sugar company to 
pile about 50 tons of freshly harvested sugar beets. For I his 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 will 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. 
Table VIII. — Temperature and precipitation at Ogden, Utah, from November 1, 
to January 5, 1913. 
1912, 
November, 191 
2. 
December, 1912. 
January, 1913. 
Day of month. 
a 
3 
a 
rt 
a 
3 
a 
3 
£ 
c3 
a 
3 
a 
09 
a 
1 
a 
.&g 
E 
e 
2-5 
3.8 
1 
s 
. 1 ~3 
c o.2 
s 
<S 
£~ 
3 
.3 
<3 
a+J 
C3 
1 
a 
a 
- 
Ph 
a 
a 
a 
Ph 
a 
a 
a 
Ph 
F. 
° F. 
° F. 
Ins. 
F. 
° F. 
° F. 
Ins. 
° F. 
° F. 
F. 
Ins. 
1 
50 
25 
37.5 
42 
18 
30 
31 
10 
20.5 
2 
54 
35 
44.5 
44 
19 
31.5 
39 
10 
24.5 
3 
42 
48 
51 
61 
25 
30 
39 
38 
33.5 
39 
45 
49.5 
0.25 
"."i4" 
44 
43 
35 
36 
17 
10 
10 
10 
30.5 
26.5 
22.5 
23 
0.03 
43 
25 
20 
15 
17 
5 
29.5 
21 
12.5 
0.10 
5 
6 
64 
42 
53 
58.5 
35 
41 
13 
17 
24 
29 
8 
67 1 50 
