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The Colorado Experiment Station 
BEETS GROWN ON BAD LAND. 
Sampled 3 Nov. 15)10. Sodic Clilorid was applied at the rate of 400 pounds per 
acre. 
XCVII 
XCVIII 
XCIX 
Section. 
1 
2 
3 
Average weight of beets. 
. 725.7 grams 705.9 grams 
620.8 grams 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. 
13.00000 
12.40000 
10.40000 
Dry substance in beets. . . 
20.00000 
18.90000 
18.30000 
Crude ash in dry substance. 
5.27400 
6.06000 
10.17400 
Crude ash in fresh beet. . 
1.05480 
1.14530 
1.86180 
Pure ash in fresh beet. . . . 
0.77680 
0.86182 
1.42470 
Sulfuric acid. 
0.02921 
0.03155 
0.05344 
Phosphoric acid. 
0.03448 
0.03631 
0.02831 
Chlorin . . . . :. 
0.11033 
0.13697 
0.31200 
Sodium . 
0.07174 
0.08893 
0.20327 
Potassic oxid. 
0.37902 
0.39918 
0.60811 
Sodic oxid . 
0.03993 
0.06132 
0.07626 
Calcic oxid. 
0.03915 
0.03235 
0.03042 
Magnesic oxid . 1 . 
0.06701 
0.06891 
0.10247 
Ferric oxid. 
0.00402 
0.00196 
0.00316 
Alimiinic oxid. 
0.00086 
0.00259 
0.00432 
Manganic oxid. 
0.00082 
0.00196 
0.00284 
Total nitrogen . 
0.19020 
0.21545 
0.33970 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer). 
0.09685 
0.10030 
0.11385 
Ammonic nitrogen. 
0.00185 
0.00245 
0.00735 
Amid nitrogen. 
0.01340 
0.02055 • 
0.03260 
Amino nitrogen . 
0.03505 
0.04908 
0.02757 
Nitric nitrogen. 
0.01558 
0.03713 
0.08743 
Injurious nitrogen in beets. 
0.07810 
0.09215 
0.18590 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. 
4.84820 
5.78850 
12.04900 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sugar 
0.60077 
0.74315 
1.78750 
Press Juice According- to Ruempler. 
Total nitrogen. 
0.16160 
0.20115 
0.28823 
Albumin nitrogen . 
0.04120 
0.04560 
0.04960 
Propetone nitrogen. 
0.00650 
0.00410 
0.00570 
Feptone nitrogen . 
0.00620 
0.00375 
0.00400 
Ash Analyses 
CXI CX1I 
CXIII 
Crude 
Pure Crude 
Pure 
Crude Pure 
Trace 
. Trace 
Trace . 
0.974 
. 0.461 
0.589 ... . 
0.792 
. 0.969 
1.283 . 
Sulfuric acid. 
2.761 
3.752 2.755 
3.661 
2.870 3.751 
phosphoric acid . 
3.266 
4.438 3.170 
4.213 
1.520 1.987 
Chlorin. 
10.452 
14.204 11.944 
15.871 
16.755 21.900 
9.235 . 
10.319 
. 14.268 
23 020 
. 22.427 
20.574 . 
Potassic oxid. 
35.904 
48.792 34.858 
46.317 
32.661 42.685 
Sodic oxid. 
12.937 
5.141 15.815 
7.115 
18.805 5.353 
Calcic oxid . 
3.737 
5.078 2.825 
3.754 
1.634 2.135 
Magnesic oxid. 
6.343 
8.262 6.071 
7.996 
5.503 7.192 
Ferric oxid. 
0.381 
0.517 0.167 
0.227 
0.170 0.222 
Aluminic oxid. 
0.082 
0.111 0.226 
0.300 
0.232 0.303 
Manganic oxid (br.).... 
0.078 
0.106 0.167 
0.227 
0.152 0.199 
(1.626) 
. (0.894) 
..... 
(1.035) . 
102.358 
. 102.695 
103.783 . 
Oxygen equi. to chlorin. 
2.358 
. 2.695 
. 
3.783 . 
Total. 
100.000 
100.000 100.000 
100.000 
100.000 100.000 
