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ANALYSES OP BEETS ADOPTED AS STANDARDS. 
, ^ ee Analyses CLXXXV and CLXXXVI, page 172 for analysis of Montana 
oeets. 
VII. 
VIII. 
Where grown . 
Michigan 
Ft. 
Collins, Colo. 
Date of harvesting. 
Nov. 1910 
3 Nov. 1910 
Average weight, trimmed. 
673.0 grams 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar . 
15.30000 
18.30000 
Dry matter. 
22.00000 
24.20000 
Crude, carbonated ash in dry matter 
3.23500 
3.33900 
Crude ash in beet. 
0.70170 
0.82038 
Pure ash in beet. 
0.49300 
0.60887 
Sulfuric acid. 
0.02930 
0.02802 
Phosphoric acid . 
0.06236 
0.07620 
Chlorin . 
0.00285 
0.01941 
Sodium . 
0.00185 
0.01262 
Potassic acid . 
0.26382 
0.31690 
Sodic oxid. 
0 02538 
Calcic oxid . 
0.04550 
0.04694 
Magnesic oxid. 
0.07573 
0.07932 
Ferric oxid. 
0.00621 
0.00182 
Aluminic oxid . 
0.00236 
0.00131 
Manganic oxid. 
0.00170 
0.00170 
Total nitrogen. 
0.22915 
0.20750 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer) . 
0.12305 
0.08710 
Ammonic nitrogen . 
0.00596 
0.00230 
Amid nitrogen. 
0.02160 
0.00290 
Amino nitrogen . 
0.04794 
0.07479 
Nitric nitrogen. 
0.00320 
0.00096 
Injurious nitrogen in beet. 
0.07854 
0.11520 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. 
1.94476 
2.19672 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 
sugar. ... 
0.51287 
0.62899 
Press 
Juice According to : 
Ruemplcr. 
Total nitrogen . 
0.19195 
0.11675 
Albumin nitrogen . 
0.05835 
0.04230 
Propeptone nitrogen. 
0.00030 
0.00790 
Peptone nitrogen. 
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0.00350 
Ash 
Analyses. 
• 
IX. 
X. 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Carbon . 
0.628 
0 480 
Sand . 
6.532 
2.115 
Silica . 
1.165 
0.112 
Sulfuric acid . 
4.117 
5.944 
3.415 
4.602 
Phosphoric acid . 
8.763 
12.650 
9.288 
12.515 
Chlorin . 
0.400 
0.578 
2.366 
3.188 
Sodium . 
0.376 
2.073 
Carbonic acid. 
20.233 
• 
21.Q03 
Potassic oxid. 
37.055 
53.496 
38.627 
52.053 
Sodic oxid . 
0.255 
5.165 
4.168 
Calcic oxid. 
6.392 
9.229 
5.721 
7.710 
Magnesic oxid. 
10.641 
15.361 
9.656 
13.011 
Ferric oxid. 
0.873 
1.260 
0.214 
0.295 
Aluminic oxid.. 
0.526 
0.760 
0.163 
0.215 
Manganic oxid . 
0.240 
0.346 
0.126 
0.170 
Doss, organic matter, etc. 
(2.270) 
(0.603) 
Sum . 
100.090 
100.534 
Oxygen equi. to chlorin. 
. 0.090 
0.534 
... . 
Total. 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
