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ANALYSES OF BEETS GROWN WITH APPLICATION OF NITRATES. 
LXXVI 
Field 3 
Date of sampling. 3 Nov. 
Sodic nitrate per acre. 750 lbs. 
Yield, tons per acre. 14.94 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. 15.30000 
Dry matter in fresh beets. 20.80000 
Crude ash in dry matter. 4.62400 
Crude ash in fresh beet. 0.96179 
Pure ash in fresh beet. 
Sulfuric acid. 
Phosphoric acid. 
Chlorin... 
Sodium. 
Potassic oxid. 
Sodic oxid. 
Calcic oxid . 
Magnesic oxid. 
Ferric oxid. 
Aluminic oxid. 
Manganic oxid 
LXXVII 
Field 3 
3 Nov. 
750 lbs. 
(br) 
Percent 
13.40000 
20.60000 
5.82700 
1.20036 
0.82238 
0.03987 
0.03588 
0.07050 
0.04584 
0.30088 
0.18359 
0.03933 
0.09951 
0.00496 
Trace 
LXXVIII 
Field 4 
3 Nov. 
1,000 lbs. 
14.99 
Percent 
13.40000 
20.00000 
4.99200 
0.99840 
LXXIX 
Field 4 
3 Nov. 
1,000 lbs. 
Total nitrogen . 
0.22480 
0.29610 
0.26660 
Protein nitrogen (Stutzer). 
0.08560 
0.09080 
0.07870 
Ammonic nitrogen. 
0.00420 
0.00543 
0.00590 
Amid nitrogen. 
0.01496 
0.02666 
0.02283 
Amino nitrogen. 
0.05176 
0.07438 
0.06110 
Nitric nitrogen . 
0.02006 
0.04143 
0.04008 
Injurious nitrogen in beet. 
0.12004 
0.17321 
0.16017 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. . . . 
4.78120 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sug. 
0.78456 
1.29250 
1.19561 
Press Juiee 
According to 
Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen. 
0.18600 
0.27065 
0.25740 
Albumin nitrogen. 
0.04085 
0.04580 
0.04365 
Fropeptone nitrogen. 
0.00100 
0.00560 
0.00780 
Peptone nitrogen .... 
0.00560 
0.00400 
0 . 00120 , 
Percent 
11.00000 
71.60000 
6.23600 
1.10764 
0.74440 
0.03435 
0.02373 
0.06768 
0.04401 
0.21865 
0.23728 
0.03273 
0.08064 
0.00299 
0.00163 
0.00058 
0.25505 
0.07525 
0.00363 
0.02186 
0.04983 
0.06285 
0.15431 
5.47180 
1.40267 
0.24760 
0.04120 
0.00870 
0.00210 
Asl» Analyses. 
LXXXVI 
Carbon . 
Sand . 
Silicic acid. 
Sulfuric acid . . . 
Phosphoric acid 
Chlorin. 
Sodium. 
Carbonic acid . . 
Potassic oxid . . 
Sodic oxid. 
Calcic oxid .... 
Magnesic oxid . 
Ferric oxid .... 
Aluminic oxid . . 
Manganic oxid . 
Loss . 
Crude 
2.417 
0.690 
1.911 
3.321 
2.989 
5.873 
Pure 
4.847 
4.363 
8.572 
5.574 
LXXXVI I 
Crude 
0.537 
1.798 
1.503 
3.073 
2.123 
6.055 
Pure 
Sum. 
Ogygen equi. to chlorin. 
25.836 
25.066 
20.437 
3.297 
8.290 
0.413 
Trace 
0.150 
(0.689) 
101.324 
1.324 
100.000 
36.587 
22.324 
4.812 
12.100 
0.602 
Trace 
0.^19 
100.000 
28.199 
19.558 
26.529 
2.928 
7.214 
0.268 
0.146 
0.063 
(1.372) 
101.366 
1.366 
100.000 
4.615 
3.188 
9.092 
5.912 
29.371 
31.876 
4.397 
10.S33 
0.402 
0.219 
0.095 
100.000 
Total... . 
