Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 
ANALYSES OE BEETS GROWN WITH APPLICATION OF NITRATES. 
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LXXII 
LXXII I 
LXXIV 
LX XV 
Field 1 
Field 1 
Field 2 
Field 2 
Date of sampling. 
3 Nov. 
3 Nov. 
3 Nov. 
3 Nov. 
Sodic nitrate per acre. 
250 ibs. 
250 lbs. 
500 lbs. 
500 lbs. 
Yield tons per acre. 
16.85 
16.85 
15.52 
15.52 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets.. 
. . 15.70000 
16.50000 
15.30000 
15.80000 
Drv matter in fresh beets. . . . 
. . 21.30000 
22.40000 
21.40000 
21.60000 
Crude ash in dry matter. 
3.57200 
3.33400 
4.03700 
4.75100 
Crude ash fresh beet. 
0.76084 
0.74682 
0.86392 
1.02622 
Pure ash in fresh beet. 
0.51948 
0.72592 
Sulfuric acid ., 
0.02595 
0.03798 
Phosphoric acid . 
0.03750 
0.06096 
Chlorin . 
0.02292 
0.03099 
Sodium 
0.01490 
0.02011 
Potnssio oxid . 
0.20800 
0.30551 
Sodic oxid . 
0.06222 
0.11181 
Calcic oxid. 
0.04301 
0.04188 
Magnesic oxid. 
0.09787 
0.10766 
Ferric oxid. 
0.00286 
0.00301 
Alnminic oxid . 
0.00226 
0.00257 
Manganic oxid (br.) . 
0.00199 
0.00344 
Total nitrogen . 
. 0.14470 
0.14485 
0.18225 
0.20535 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer). 
. 0.06480 
0.07465 
0.07805 
0.08010 
Amnionic nitrogen . 
_ 0.00190 
0.00245 
0.00200 
0.00346 
Amid nitrogen. 
_ 0.00930 
0.00765 
0.01025 
0.01500 
Amino nitrogen . 
_ 0.05103 
0.04549 
0.04613 
0.02002 
Nitric nitrogen . 
_ 0.00181 
0.00144 
0.01658 
0.01009 
Injurious nitrogen in beet. 
_ 0.06870 
0.06010 
0.09195 
0.10679 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar 
.... . 
2.12670 
3.20500 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 
sug. 0.43758 
0.36424 
0.60051 
0.68221 
Press 
Juiee According to Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen. 
.... 0.11890 
0.11905 
0.16856 
0.18690 
Albumin nitrogen . 
_ 0.03750 
0.03750 
0.04270 
0.04270 
Propeptone nitrogen. 
_ 0.00275 
0.00400 
0.00035 
0.00375 
Peptone nitrogen . 
_ 0.00185 
0.00190 * 
0.00480 
0.00290 
Ash Analyses. 
LXXX1V 
LXXXV 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Carbon 
0.621 
0.345 
Sand. 
2.026 
1.375 
Silicic acid .... . 
1.804 
1.678 
Sulfuric acid . 
3.475 
4.996 
3.701 
5.232 
Phosphoric acid . 
5.021 
7.218 
5.940 
8.397 
Chlorine . 
3.069 
4.412 
3.020 
4.269 
Sodium . 
2.868 
2.776 
Carbonic acid. 
24.053 
24.178 
. 
Potassic acid . 
27.852 
40.042 
29.770 
42.083 
Sodic oxid .... . 
11.020 
11.978 
13.440 
15.401 
Calcic oxid. 
5.759 
8.279 
4.081 
5.769 
Magnesic oxid. 
13.105 
18.840 
10.491 
14.831 
Ferric oxid. 
0.383 
0.550 
0.293 
0.411 
Aluminic oxid . 
0.303 
0.435 
0.250 
0.353 
Manganic oxid. 
0.266 
0.382 
0.335 
0.474 
Loss. 
(1.936) 
(1.784) 
Sum. 
100.693 
100.681 
Oxygen equi. to chlorin. 
0.693 
0.681 
Total. 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
