Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 133 
ANALYSES OF BEET SAMPLES TAKEN S 
CLXIX CLXX 
Varle ty . E R E R Check 
Nitrate applied per acre. 750 pounds None 
NOV. 1011. 
CLXXI 
Z R Z 
750 pounds 
CLXXII 
R Check 
None 
Average weight of beets. 967.1 grams 875.0 grams 1088.5 grams 929.3 grams 
Av. weigrt of beets, trimmed. . .819.3 grams 747.0 grams 951.0 grams 784.4 grams 
Crude ash in dry substance 
Pure ash in dry substance. 
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. 
Total nitrogen. 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer) 
Ammonic nitrogen. 
Amid nitrogen.. 
Amino nitrogen . 
Nitric nitrogen . 
Injurious nitrogen in beet. . 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar, 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 
sug. 
Total nitrogen. 
Albumin nitrogen . . 
Propetone nitrogen 
Peptone nitrogen . . 
CLXXI1I 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
14.60000 
15.60000 
14.50000 
15.60000 
20.21000 
21.16000 
21.10000 
22.00000 
4.04000 
3.67000 
4.07200 
3.67000 
2.72950 
2.55850 
2.80400 
2.60100 
0.55164 
0.54139 
0.59255 
0.57223 
0.02495 
0.02561 
0.02616 
0.02641 
0.04303 
0.05508 
0.05584 
0.06256 
0.01242 
0.01439 
0.01312 
0.01721 
0.00808 
0.00936 
0.00853 
0.01119 
0.25865 
0.26141 
0.29473 
0.28494 
0.09844 
0.06370 
0.08256 
0.06044 
0.03006 
0.03342 
0.03461 
0.03338 
0.06827 
0.07127 
0.07154 
0.07201 
0.00352 
0.00433 
0.00172 
0.00193 
0.00170 
0.00087 
0.00108 
0.00009 
0.00252 
0.00192 
0.00109 
0.00208 
0.16632 
0.14882 
0.16698 
0.14223 
0.08646 
0.08474 
0.08461 
0.08355 
0.00118 
0.00165 
0.00258 
0.00171 
0.00771 
0.00593 
0.00868 
0.00660 
0.05319 
0.05621 
0.04775 
0.04982 
0.01871 
0.00827 
0.01421 
0.00746 
0.07097 
0.05651 
0.07111 
0.05037 
2.75710 
2.45640 
2.93200 
2.56530 
0.48610 
0.36215 
0.49041 
0.32290 
According 
to Ruenipler. 
0.14809 
0.13383 
0.15119 
0.12314 
0.05408 
0.05439 
0.04858 
0.05292 
0.00737 
0.00489 
0.00858 
0.00040 
0.00209 
0.00256 
0.00663 
0.00974 
Ash Analyses. 
CLXXIV 
CLXXV 
CLXXVI 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Carbon . 
None 
None 
Non e 
Sand . 
1.430 
1.375 
1 294 
1 398 
Silicic acid . 
1.083 
0.912 
0.756 
0.712 
Sulfuric acid... 
3.056 
4.523 
3.298 
4.731 
3.028 
4.391 
3.271 
4.615 
Phosphoric acid. 
5.270 
7.800 
7.093 
10.175 
6.499 
9.423 
7.748 
10.932 
Chlorin. 
11.521 
2.251 
1.854 
2.660 
1.527 
2.214 
2.131 
3.007 
Sodium. 
1.464 
• • • • • 
1.729 
• • • • • . 
1.439 
1.955 
Carbonic acid... 
28.833 
26.802 
27.690 
25.955 
Potassic oxid . . 
31.677 
46.888 
33.662 
48.285 
34.303 
49.737 
35.293 
49.795 
Sodic oxid. 
13.389 
17.846 
9.827 
11.766 
10.946 
13.932 
9.352 
10.563 
Calcic oxid . ... 
3.682 
5.450 
4.304 
6.174 
4.228 
6.145 
4.134 
5.833 
Magnesic oxid.. 
8.361 
12.375 
9.177 
13.163 
8.326 
12.073 
8.918 
12.583 
Ferric oxid. 
0.431 
0.638 
0.556 
0.799 
0.200 
0.283 
0.239 
0.337 
Aluminic oxid.. 
0.208 
0.308 
0.112 
0.161 
0.126 
0.179 
0.011 
0.016 
Manganic oxid.. 
0.309 
0.457 
0.249 
0.357 
0.127 
0.184 
0.258 
0.364 
Loss . . 
(1.093) 
(1.063) 
(1.294) 
(1.060) 
Sum. 
100.343 
100.418 
100.344 
100.480 
Oxygen equi. to 
chlorin . 
0.343 
0.418 
0.344 
0.480 
Total 
100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 
