Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 
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BEETS GROWN ON BAD LAND. 
Sampled 3 Nov. 1910. Check Plot. 
i 
C 
Cl 
CII 
cm 
Section. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
Average weight of beets. 
788.1 grams 603.8 grams 
569.8 grams 
663.4 gr. 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. . 
13.20000 
11.30000 
12.10000 
8.60000 
Dry substance in beets 
21.00000 
17.60000 
18.90000 
16.50000 
Crude ash in dry substance. 
5.99100 
6.79600 
7.66700 
10.14100 
Crude ash in fresh beets. 
1.25811 
1.19061 
1.44906 
1.67326 
Pure ash in fresh beet. 
0.94227 
0.89514 
1.12218 
1.32875 
Sulfuric acid . . 
0.03227 
0.02945 
0.04150 
0.04483 
Phosphoric acid 
0.03875 
0.02007 
0.03109 
0.03453 
Chlorin . 
0.15188 
0.16698 
0.23134 
0.30396 
Sodium. 
0.09876 
0.11110 
0.15042 
0.19741 
Potassic oxid . . 
0.42267 
0.35496 
0.43686 
0.51664 
Sodic oxid. 
0.06511 
0.09887 
0.09923 
0.09159 
Calcic oxid .... 
0.03616 
0.03159 
0.03537 
0.03485 
Magnesic oxid . 
0.08958 
0.07253 
0.08845 
0.09041 
Ferric oxid .... 
0.00310 
0.00287 
0.00224 
0.00334 
Aluminic oxid . . 
0.00151 
0.00081 
0.00131 
0.00691 
Manganic oxid . 
0.00250 
0.00154 
0.00437 
0.00478 
Total nitrogen . 
0.24930 
0.15995* 
0.23345 
0.34510 
Proteid nitrogen 
(Stutzer). 
0.08645 
0.06740 
0.08845 
0.12389 
Ammonic nitrogen . . . . 
0.00545 
0.00200 
0.00350 
0.00520 
Amid nitrogen . 
0.02160 
0.00690 
0.01470 
0.03985 
Amino nitrogen , 
0.03514 
0.03935 
0.03470 
0.03507 
Nitric nitrogen , 
0.01936 
0.03249 
0.05310 
0.08337 
Injurious nitrogen in beets.... 
0.13580 
0.08365 
0.12680 
0.17616 
Injurious ash per 100 of sugar. 
5.62920 
6.73790 
7.92850 
13.43300 
Injurious nitrogen per 
100 sug. 
1.02880 
0.73900 
1.04790 
2.04840 
Press Juice According to 
i Rncmpler. 
Total nitrogenf . 
0.19100 
0.16450 
0.23335 
0.29800 
Albumin nitrogen . 
0.04290 
0.04015 
0.04370 
0.04255 
Propetone nitrogen . . . 
0.00590 
0.00435 
0.00760 
0.00250 
Peptone nitrogen. 
0.00542 
0.00670 
0.00650 
0.00430 
Ash Analyses 
CXIV 
CXV 
CXVI CXVII 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude Pure 
Crude 
Pure Crude 
Pure 
Carbon . 
Trace 
Trace . 
0.309 
. Trace 
Sand. 
0.97S 
0.976 . 
0.412 
. 0.874 
Silicic acid. 
0.872 
1.196 . 
1.230 
. 1.169 
Sulfuric acid .. . 
2.565 
3.425 
2.462 3.289 
2.864 
3.698 2.609 
3.374 
Phosphoric acid 
3.0S0 
4.112 
1.717 2.294 
2.140 
2.763 2.010 
2.599 
Chlorin . 
12.072 
16.119 
14.286 19.089 
15.966 
20.617 17.695 
22.875 
Sodium. 
10.481 
. 12.412 
13.405 . 
14.875 
Carbonic acid... 
20.875 
21.806 . 
19.908 
. 19.064 
Potassic oxid . . 
33.595 
44.856 
29.677 39.655 
30.149 
38.932 30.077 
38.882 
Sodic oxid. 
15.747 
6.909 
20.774 11.045 
20.835 
8.843 20.831 
6.893 
Calcic oxid. 
2.874 
3.837 
2.641 3.529 
2.441 
3.152 ' 2.029 
2.623 
Magnesic oxid . 
7.120 
9.507 
6.064 8.103 
6.104 
7.882 5.263 
6.804 
Ferric oxid .... 
0.246 
0.328 
0.240 0.321 
0.155 
0.200 0.194 
0.251 
Aluminic oxid .. 
0.120 
0.160 
0.068 0.091 
0.091 
0.118 0.402 
0.520 
Manganic oxid.. 
0.199 
0.266 
0.129 0.172 
0.302 . 
0.390 0.237 
0.306 
Loss . 
(2.379) 
(1.183) . 
(0.697) 
..... (1.539) . 
Sum.102.722 . 103.219 . 103.603 . 103.993 
Ugygen equi. to 
chlorin . 2.722 . 3.219 . 3.603 . 3.993 
Sum.102.722 . 103.219 . 103.603 . 103.993 
Ugygen equi. to 
chlorin . 2.722 . 3.219 . 3.603 . 3.993 
Total.100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 
• nitro & e n is remarkably low, but the duplicate determinations agree 
within C.0029 percent and while the nitrogen in the juice of the siloed sample 
