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Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 
BEETS GROWN ON RAD LAND. 
Sampled ;» Nov. 1910. Potassie chlorid applied at the rate of 400 pounds per acre 
NCIV 
xcv 
XCVI 
Section. 
. 1 
2 
3 
Average weight of beets... 
> 640.7 grams 
487.6 grams 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. 
. 13.10000 
11.80000 
12.20000 
Dry substance in beets. 
. 20.30000 
19.40000 
19.50000 
Crude ash in dry substance 
. 5.36100 
6.51900 
7.90900 
Ciude ash in beets. 
. 1.08828 
1.26469 
1.54226 
Pure ash in beets. 
. 0.78546 
0.91240 
1.14930 
Sulfuric acid. 
. 0.03722 
0.03692 
0.04269 
Phosphoric acid. 
. 0.02831 
0.02290 
0.01624 
Chlorin . 
. 0.09536 
0.15944 
0.23275 
Sodium . 
. 0.06200 
0.10368 
0.15133 
Potassie oxid . 
. 0.38575 
0.41956 
0.55650 
Sodic oxid . 
. 0.05478 
0.05424 
0.02266 
Calcic oxid. 
. 0.03981 
0.02935 
0.03028 
Magnesic oxid . 
. 0.07570 
0.08105 
0.09096 
Ferric oxid . 
. 0.00176 
0.00143 
0.00247 
Aluminic oxid. 
. 0.00200 
0.00100 
0.00167 
Manganic oxid . 
. 0.00270 
0.00290 
0.00177 
Total nitrogen. 
. 0.23700 
0.24715 
0.34510 
Proteid nitrogen . 
. 0.07495 
0.08125 
0.09680 
Ammonic nitrogen. 
. 0.00360 
0.00445 
0.00526 
Amid nitrogen. 
. 0.02085 
0.02245 
0.04430 
Amino nitrogen . 
. 0.04295 
0.04154 
0.03483 
Nitric nitrogen. 
. 0.02501 
0.04111 
0.05120 
Injurious nitrogen in beets. 
. 0.12760 
0.13900 
0.19874 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. 
. 4.81140 
6.55800 
8.24530 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sugar.. 1.04240 
1.17790 
1.62910 
Press 
Juice According to 
Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen. 
. 0.21230 
0.24550 
0.32870 
Albumin nitrogen . 
. 0.04250 
0.04550 
0.06260 
Prooetone nitrogen. 
. 0.00380 
0.00380 
0.00070 
Peptone nitrogen . 
. 0.01410 
Ash Analyses 
0.01410 
0.00820 
CVII 
CVIII 
CIX 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Carbon . 
0.789 
0.909 
0 416 
Sand . 
0.943 
0.661 
0 615 
Silicic acid. 
0.978 
0.687 
0.983 
Sulfuric acid . 
3.420 
4.739 
2.919 
4.046 
2.768 
3.715 
Phosphoric acid . 
2.601 
3.604 
1.811 
2.510 
1.053 
1.413 
Chlorin. 
8.762 
12.141 
12.607 
17.475 
15.091 
20.250 
Sodium. 
7.894 
11.363 
13.168 
Carbonic acid. 
23.433 
21.995 
20.499 
Potassie oxid . 
35.445 
49.116 
33.175 
45.984 
36.083 
48.421 
Sodic oxid. 
13.575 
6.974 
15.332 
5.945 
14.688 
1.917 
Calcic oxid . 
3.658 
5.069 
2.321 
3.217 
1.963 
2.364 
Magnesic oxid. 
6.956 
9.639 
6.409 
8.883 
5.898 
7.914 
Ferric oxid. 
0.162 
0.225 
0.106 
0.147 
0.160 
0.215 
Aluminic oxid . 
0.184 
0.255 
0.081 
0.112 
0.108 
0.145 
Manganic oxid. 
0.248 
0.344 
0.229 
0.318 
0.115 
0.154 
(0.823) 
(3.603) 
(2.970) 
Sum. 
101.977 
102.845 
103.406 
Oxygen equi. to chlorin. 
1.977 
2.845 
3.406 
Total. . . % . 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
