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The percentage of sugar in the crowns is about 1 per cent, less * 
than in the rest of the beet, and the co-efficient of purity is but little 
lower than that of the beet. 
Simple freezing does not affect the quality of the beet. The 
sugar is not changed thereby, but the distribution of the sugar in 
the beet may be materially affected in cases where only a portion of 
the beet has been frozen, especially if subsequent thawing has taken 
place. 
The drying out of beets increases the percentage of sugar, but 
is accompanied by an actual loss of sugar. 
The rate of drying out is about 5 per cent, for the first 24 hours, 
but by the end of five days it falls to about 2 per cent., and re- 
mains practically constant for the next 12 days. 
The weight of the leaves of the Colorado grown sugar beet, 
equals about 87 per cent, of the weight of the roots. The weight of 
the leaves does not increase materially during the last six weeks of 
the growing season, but during this time the weight of the ro( t in- 
creases by 64 per cent, of its weight at the beginning of the period, 
or 39 per cent, of the weight of the mature beet. 
The presence of alkali increases the weight of the leaves very 
slightly, and has no marked influence on the date of maturing. 
The amount of dry matter is the same in beets grown upon al- 
kali ground as in those grown on ground free from alkali. 
As the sugar is formed, there is a disappearance of dry matter, 
other than sugar, in the beet, suggesting the formation of the sugar 
in the root by the transformation of substances already deposited 
therein. 
The dry matter in the upper, or first, third of the beet, taken by 
weight, is a little higher than in the other two thirds. 
The effect of the alkali upon the composition of the beet, as 
shown by the ordinary fodder analyses, is an increase in the per- 
centages of the ash, and the crude protein, and a decrease in the 
percentage of nitrogen free extract. The effects of the alkali are 
greater upon the composition of the beet than upon that of the 
leaves. 
The percentage of ash in the fresh roots is about 1.10 per cent., ' 
and in the fresh leaves it is rather more than twice as much. 
The effect of alkali upon the percentage of ash in the roots is 
to increase it by about 2 per cent., reckoned on the dry matter. 
The amount of mineral matter removed by a crop of stock 
beets is from two to three times as great as that removed by a crop 
of sugar beets. The amount of mineral matter removed by the 
leaves is about the same. 
The percentage of ash in the respective thirds of the beet, taken 
by weight, is, for the fresh beet, a little higher in the upper third 
