Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 
ANALYSES OF BEETS, ORDINARILY GOOD SOIL. 
Late of harvesting. . 
XV. 
XVI. 
Oct. 11, 1910. 
XVII. 
Field per acre. 
Oct. 11,1910 
Average weight of beets. . 
Sugar . 
Percent 
7.0 tons 
368.24 grams 
Percent 
440.2 grams 
Percent 
Dry substance .... 
13.20000 
20.30000 
13.30000 
Soluble ash . 
19.90000 
Insoluble ash .... 
3.70100 
Crude ash in dry substance. . 
Crude ash in beet. . . 
0.87000 
4.57100 
Pure ash in beet. . . 
0.92790 
Sulfuric acid . . . 
0.64629 
Phosphoric acid . . 
0.02889 
Chlorin . 
0.07342 
Sodium . 
• • 0.13544 
0.00484 
Potassic oxid .... 
• • 0.0 8 8 0 0 
0.00314 
Sodic oxid. 
0.42640 
0.28551 
Calcic oxid. 
0.02557 
0.12858 
Magnesic oxid. 
• • 0.04150 
0.03579 
Ferric oxid. 
0.08492 
0.08122 
Aluminic oxid. 
• • 0.00409 
0.00217 
Manganic oxid. 
• • tTTWTZl: 
0.00070 
Total nitrogen . . 
• • 0.00475 
0.00202 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer). . 
Ammonic nitrogen . . . 
Amid nitrogen .... 
• • 0.15630 
0.06600 
0.00277 
n fin k a $ 
0.18636 
0.09510 
0.00060 
0.00640 
0.03711 
0.19810 
0.10030 
0.00280 
Amino nitrogen .... 
Nitric nitrogen. 
u.UUOOo 
0.04125 
A A 1 1 A A 
0.00797 
0.04154 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sugar. 
Press Juice 
Total nitrogen. 
V.VAAV* 0.02138 
4.90010 3.41640 
0.56875 0.63840 
According to Ruempler. 
0.02067 
0.65436 
Albumin nitrogen . . . 
UUlltj 
not done 
not done 
Propetone nitrogen 
Peptone nitrogen . 
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 . 
Sum . 
Oxygen equi, to chlorin. 
Ash 
Analyses. 
XXIV. 
Crude 
Pure 
0.894 
1.763 
1.652 
2.472 
3.415 
3.383 
4.674 
11.042 
15.256 
9.918 
20.923 
34.785 
48.059 
11.701 
2.883 
3.520 
4.683 
6.928 
9.571 
0.334 
0.461 
0.264 
0.365 
0.387 
0.535 
(2.387) 
102.435 
2.435 
100.000 
100.000 
XXV. 
Crude 
Pure 
0.553 
1.792 
1.709 
3.108 
4.470 
7.895 
11.360 
0.521 
0.749 
0.487 
24.941 
30.707 
44.177 
14.285 
19.895 
3.850 
5.538 
8.736 
12.567 
0.255 
0.336 
0.075 
0.108 
0.218 
0.313 
(1.472) 
300.117 
0.117 
100.000 
100.000 
Total 
