Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 
beets grown on bad land. 
97 
Sampled 3 Nov. 1910. Potassic clilorid applied at 
the rate of 400 pounds per acre 
XCIV 
XCV 
XCVI 
Section . 
2 
3 
Average weight of beets.. 
640.7 grams 
487.6 grams 
Sugar in beets. 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
11.80000 
12.20000 
Dry substance in beets. . . . 
19.40000 
19.50000 
Crude ash in dry substance. 5.36100 
6.51900 
7.90900 
Ciude ash in beets. 
1.26469 
1.54226 
Pure ash in beets. 
0.91240 
1.14930 
Sulfuric acid. 
0.03692 
0.04269 
Phosphoric acid. 
0.02290 
0.01624 
Chlorin . 
0.15944 
0.23275 
Sodium . 
0.10368 
0.15133 
Potassic oxid . 
0.41956 
0.55650 
Sodic oxid . 
0.05424 
0.02266 
Calcic oxid. 
0.02935 
0.03028 
Magnesic oxid . 
0.08105 
0.09096 
Ferric oxid. 
0.00143 
0.00247 
Aluminic oxid. 
0.00100 
0.00167 
Manganic oxid . 
0.00290 
0.00177 
Total nitrogen. 
0.24715 
0.34510 
Proteid nitrogen . 
0.08125 
0.09680 
Ammonic nitrogen. 
0.00445 
0.00526 
Amid nitrogen. 
0.02245 
0.04430 
Amino nitrogen. 
0.04154 
0.03483 
Nitric nitrogen. 
0.04111 
0.05120 
Injurious nitrogen in beets. 
0.13900 
0.19874 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. 
. 4.81140 
6.55800 
8.24530 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 : 
sugar.. 1.04240 
1.17790 
1.62910 
Press 
Juice According to Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen. 
0.24550 
0.32870 
Albumin nitrogen . 
0.04550 
0.06260 
Prooetone nitrogen. 
0.00380 
0.00070 
Peptone nitrogen . 
Ash Analyses 
0.01410 
0.00820 
CVII 
CVIII 
CIX 
Carbon . 
Sand. 
Silicic acid. 
Sulfuric acid . . . 
Fhosphoric acid 
Chlorin. 
Sodium. 
Sodic oxid. 13.57 
Calcic oxid. 
Magnesic oxid.. 
Ferric oxid. 
Aluminic oxid . 
Manganic oxid. 
Loss . (0.823) 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
0.789 
0.909 
0.416 
• • • • • 
0.943 
0.661 
0.615 
• • • • • 
0.978 
0.687 
0.983 
3.420 
4.739 
2.919 
4.046 
2.768 
3.715 
2.601 
3.604 
1.811 
2.510 
1.053 
1.413 
8.762 
12.141 
12.607 
17.475 
15.091 
20.250 
7.894 
11.363 
13.168 
23.433 
21.995 
20.499 
35.445 
49.116 
33.175 
45.984 
36.083 
48.421 
13.575 
6.974 
15.332 
5.945 
14.688 
1.917 
3.658 
5.069 
2.321 
3.217 
1.963 
2.364 
6.956 
9.639 
6.409 
8.883 
5.898 
7.914 
0.162 
0.225 
0.106 
0.147 
0.160 
0.215 
0.184 
0.255 
0.081 
0.112 
0.108 
0.145 
0.248 
0.344 
0.229 
0.318 
0.115 
0.154 
Sum... 101.977 
Oxygen equi. to chlorin. 1.977 
(3.603) 
102.845 
2.845 
(2.970) 
103.406 
3.406 
Total. 100.000 100.000 
100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 
