130 The Colorado Experiment Station 
ANALYSES OF BEETS AND LEAVES, SEASON 1911. 
CXL 
CXLI 
CXLII 
CXLIII 
Variety . 
E R 
E R Check 
Z R 
Z 
R Check 
Date of sampling - . 
28 Sept. 
28 Sept. 
28 Sept. 
28 Sept. 
Nitrate applied per acre. . . . 
. . 625 pounds 
None 
625 pounds 
None 
Average weight of beets. . . 
. . 844.2 grams 
821.8 grams 
918.2 grams 
746.6 grams 
Average weight of leaves. . 
. .836.5 grams 
743.4 grams 
789.1 grams 
688.3 grams 
Av. weight of beets, trimmed 
. .713.6 grams 
689.5 grams 
759.2 grams 
652.1 grams 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. 
. . 13.10000 
14.90000 
13.50000 
14.80000 
Coefficient of purity. 
. . 78.90000 
81.400tfb 
81.40000 
84.40000 
Dry substance in beets. . . . 
. . 19.24000 
21.06000 
19.86000 
21.59000 
Dry substance in leaves. ... 
. . 11.45000 
11.95000 
10.01000 
11.80000 
Total nitrogen in beets. . . . 
0.15708 
0.13926 
0.15312 
0.14190 
Total nitrogen in blades. . . 
0.55572 
5.04516 
0.60324 
0.47256 
Total nitrogen in stems. . . . 
0.16500 
0.13646 
0.15704 
0.11748 
Proteid nitrogen in beets.. 
0.08184 
0.08000 
0.07788 
0.07762 
Proteid nitrogen in blades. 
0.46332 
0.45672 
0.50292 
0.39600 
Proteid nitrogen in stems. . 
0.09768 
0.10560 
0.09610 
0.09214 
Ammonic nitrogen in beets 
. . 
0.00356 
0.00356 
0.00515 
0.00541 
Amid nitrogen in beets. . . . 
0.00818 
0.00541 
0.00515 
0.00555 
Amino nitrogen in beets. . . 
0.03768 
0.05659 
0.04688 
0.04687 
Nitric nitrogen in beets. . . . 
0.02600 
0.00969 
0.02065 
0.01065 
Nitric nitrogen in blades. . . 
0.01289 
None 
0.02205 
None 
Nitric nitrogen in stems. . . . 
0.08452 
0.04744 
0.07781 
0.04609 
Press 
Juice According to Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen. 
0.14056 
0.12148 
0.13323 
0.12190 
Albumin nitrogen. 
0.04177 
0.04344 
0.04638 
0.04162 
Propetone nitrogen . 
0.00420 
0.00270 
0.00371 
0.00395 
Peptone nitrogen. 
0.00519 
0.00220 
0.00296 
0.00392 
ANALYSES. 
CXEIV 
CXLV 
CXLVI 
CXLVII 
Variety . 
E R 
E R Check 
Z R 
Z 
R Check 
Date of sampling. 
12 Oct. 
12 Oct. 
12 Oct. 
12 Oct. 
Nitrate applied per acre. . . . 
. . 750 pounds None 
750 pounds 
None 
Average weight of beets. . . 
1,017.5 grams 
894.6 grams 
801.7 grams 
759.2 grams 
Average weight of leaves.. 
. . 888.3 grams 
812.7 grams 
900.9 grams 
648.9 grams 
Av. weight of beets, trimmed 
.. 834.8 grams 
768.6 grams 
672.7 grams 
617.0 grams 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. 
. . 14.40000 
15.30000 
14.30000 
15.80000 
Coefficient of purity. 
. . 80.40000 
80.50000 
79.40000 
82.70000 
Dry substance in beets. 
. . 20.87000 
23.07000 
20.04000 
23.05000 
Drv substance in leaves. ... 
. . 11.95000 
11.30000 
11.41000 
12.00000 
Total nitrogen in beets. . . . 
0.16896 
0.14124 
0.16368 
0.14388 
Total nitrogen in blades. ... 
0.56496 
0.57288 
0.54177 
0.50952 
Total nitrogen in stems. . . . 
0.17160 
0.15180 
0.16764 
0.12938 
Proteid nitrogen in beets. . 
0.08368 
0.07154 
0.08104 
0.07497 
Proteid nitrogen in blades. 
0.37910 
0.35798 
0.43428 
0.40656 
Proteid nitrogen in stems. . 
0.08447 
0.10243 
0.09081 
0.09134 
Ammonic nitrogen in beets. 
0.00211 
0.00266 
0.00066 
0.00224 
Amid nitrogen in beets. .. . 
0.00660 
0.00565 
0.00778 
0.00554 
Amino nitrogen in. beets. . . 
0.03764 
0.04595 
0.03811 
0.03266 
Nitric nitrogen in beets. . . 
0.01685 
0.00503 
0.01685 
0.00870 
Nitric nitrogen in blades... 
0.01208 
None 
0.01360 
None 
Nitric nitrogen in stems.. . . 
0.04313 
0.01956 
0.07967 
0.01797 
Press 
Juice According to Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen.. . . . 
0.14622 
0.11869 
0.15074 
0.11030 
Albumin nitrogen. 
0.04796 
0.04429 
0.04968 
0.04576 
Propetone nitrogen. 
0.00319 
0.00514 
0.00413 
0.00245 
Peptone nitrogen. 
0.01905 
0.00087 
0.00296 
0.00685 
