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ASH OF THE SUGAR BEET IN ALKALI SOIL. 
Harvested September 2. 
Section 1. 
Section 2. 
Section 3, 
Beets. 
Leaves. 
Beets. 
Leaves. 
Beets. 
Leaves. 
Carbon 
None. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
None. 
Trace. 
Sand 
1.830 
4.484 
1.892 
1.859 
1.417 
1.549 
Silica 
1.680 
3.154 
1.744 
2.319 
1.957 
2.883 
Sulphuric Acid 
3.212 
3.369 
3.191 
3.612 
3.098 
2.261 
Phosphoric Acid 
6.433 
2.167 
8.758 
2.212 
7.201 
2.823 
Carbonic Acid 
14.495 
12.632 
14.817 
14.484 
16.381 
15.991 
Chlorin 
13.779 
20.729 
12.315 
18.219 
11.326 
18.000 
Potassic Oxid 
36.477 
21.260 
39.832 
23.170 
32.820 
19.657 
Sodic Oxid 
15.755 
23.901 
12.130 
24.381 
19.220 
28.577 
Calcic Oxid 
1.740 
2.667 
1.190 
2.137 
1.216 
1.661 
Magnesic Oxid 
4.485 
6.577 
4.100 
7.132 
4.474 
5.916 
Ferric Oxid 
0.590 
0.652 
0.581 
0.464 
0.682 
1 119 
Alumiuic Oxid 
0.276 
0.512 
0.370 
0.330 
0.339 
0.498 
Manganic Oxid (brown) 
0.142 
0.086 
0.133 
0.121 
0.168 
0.128 
Loss upon Ignition 
2.328 
3.095 
1.614 
5.693 
1.994 
2.768 
Sum 
103.222 
105.185 
102 667 
104.123 
102.293 
103.831 
Oxygen equivalent to Chlorin — 
3.105 
4.673 
2.775 
4.105 
2.552 
4.056 
Total 
100.117 
100.512 
99.892 
100.018 
99.741 
99.775 
Harvested September 22. 
(’arbon 
None. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
None. 
None. 
Sand 
0.665 
0.538 
0.868 
0.139 
0.610 
0.700 
Silica 
0.858 
1.024 
0.855 
0.651 
0.931 
1.933 
Sulphuric A«!id 
3.949 
3.821 
3.612 
3.281 
2.5.50 
2.976 
Phosphoric Acid 
7.906 
2.286 
8 786 
1.902 
7.688 
3.133 
Carbonic Acid 
16.467 
12.528 
14.758 
10.760 
16.471 
16.117 
Chlorin 
11.493 
24.923 
12.826 
27.781 
14.408 
21.349 
Potassic Oxid 
36 780 
20.738 
41.620 
28.225 
34.895 
21.572 
Sodic Oxid 
13.434 
27.608 
9.744 
22.863 
18.637 
27,8.59 
Calcic Oxid 
2.826 
2.699 
2.180 
2.295 
1.2.54 
1.841 
Magnesic Cxid 
5.783 
5.731 
5.512 
5.110 
4.028 
5.770 
Ferric Oxid 
0.309 
0.179 
0.310 
0.058 
0.290 
0.502 
Aluminic Oxid 
0.158 
0 170 
0.156 
0.206 
0.103 
0.395 
Manganic Oxid (brown) 
0.190 
0.139 
0 214 
0.155 
0.114 
0.161 
Loss upon Ignition 
1.690 
3., 511 
1.842 
3.261 
1.624 
Sum 
102.408 
105.895 1 
103.283 
106.687 
103.603 
104.308 
Oxygen equivalent to Chlorin 
2.590 
5.616 
2.890 
6.265 
3.246 
4.811 
Total 
99.818 
100.279 1 
100.393 
100.422 
100.3.57 
99.497 
