96 The Colorado Experiment Station 
BEETS GROWN ON BAD LAND. 
Samples Taken 3 Nov. 1910. Superphosphate added 
1 at the rate 
of 1,000 pounds 
per acre. 
XCI 
XCII 
XCIII 
Section . 
1 
2 
3 
Average weight of beets. . 
. 751.3 grams 
725.0 grams 
708.7 grams 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. 
10.90000 
11.80000 
10.20000 
Dry substance in beets. .. 
17.60000 
19.00000 
18.00000 
Crude ash in dry substance. 
7.29200 
6.46400 
8.03700 
Crude ash in fresh beet... 
1.28340 
1.22820 
1.44680 
Pure ash in fresh beet. . . . 
0.94071 
0.93961 
1.06440 
Sulfuric acid. 
0.03741 
0.04285 
Phosphoric acid. 
0.04816 
0.03249 
0.02732 
Chlorin . 
0.12032 
0.13660 
0.20047 
Sodium . 
0.07824 
0.08882 
0.13036 
Potassic oxid . 
0.44601 
0.42585 
0.42708 
Sodic oxid . 
0.09925 
0.07759 
0.12154 
Calcic oxid. 
0.02773 
0.02358 
0.02627 
Magnesic oxid . 
0.07581 
0.10875 
0.07807 
Ferric oxid . 
0.00375 
0.00204 
0.00201 
Aluminic oxid. 
0.00228 
0.00341 
0.00584 
Manganic oxid . 
0.00304 
0.00301 
0.00252 
Total nitrogen . 
0.25860 
0.24350 
0.30675 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer) . 
0.07770 
0.05300 
0.08790 
Ammonic nitrogen . 
0.00430 
0.00356 
0.00305 
Amid nitrogen . 
0.02260 
0.02083 
0.03470 
Amino nitrogen. 
0.03365 
0.03142 
0.03409 
Nitric nitrogen. 
0.04982 
0.04621 
0.07260 
Injurious nitrogen in beet 
0.15400 
0.16611 
0.18110 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. 
7.15570 
6.49390 
9.04210 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sugar 
1.41290 
1.40770 
1.78290 
Press Juice Accordiug to Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen . 
0.24120 
0.23640 
0.28040 
Albumin nitrogen . 
0.04600 
0.05020 
0.05580 
Propetone nitrogen . 
0.00200 
0.00090 
0.00590 
Peptone nitrogen. 
0.00730 
0.00590 
0.00380 
Ash Analyses. 
CIV 
CV 
CVI 
Crude 
Pure Crude 
Pure 
Crude Pure 
Carbon . 
0.373 
0.458 
0 624 
Sand . 
0.628 
. 0.600 
0.938 
Silicic acid. 
0.968 
. 1.224 
0.773 . 
Sulfuric acid. 
2.821 
3.842 3.046 
3.982 
2.962 4.027 
Phosphoric acid . 
3.758 
5.119 2.645 
3.458 
1.890 2.567 
Chlorin. 
9.390 
12.790 11.122 
14.539 
13.866 18.835 
Sodium. 
8.317 
9.453 
12 246 
Carbonic acid . 
23.616 
. 22.007 
20.539 
Potassic oxid . 
34.810 
47.411 34.674 
45.325 
29.478 40.126 
Sodic oxid. 
15.971 
10.550 16.061 
8.258 
20.589 11.419 
Calcic oxid. 
2.163 
2.948 1.920 
2.510 
1.816 2.468 
Magnesic oxid . 
5.917 
8.059 6.804 
11.575 
5.381 7.335 
Ferric oxid. 
0.293 
0.399 0.166 
0.217 
0.139 0.189 
Aiuminic oxid . 
0.179 
0.242 0.278 
0.363 
0.389 0.549 
Manganic oxid . 
0.237 
0.323 0.245 
0.320 
0.174 0.237 
Loss . (J.017) 
Sum. 102.119 
Oxygen equi. to chlorin. 2.119 
(1.260) 
102.501 
2.501 
(3.671) 
103.129 
3.129 
Total. 100.000 100.000 
100.000 100.000 
100.000 100 . 000 ' 
