Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 
ANALYSES OF LEAVES.* 12 OCT. 1911. 
CLJI CLIII 
Variety . E R E R Check 
Nitrate applied per acre. 750 pounds None 
Av. wt. whole leaves per beet. 888.3 grams 812.0 grams 
CLIV ’ CLV 
Z R Z R Check 
750 pounds None 
900.9 grams 648.9 grams 
Dry substance . 
Crude ash in dry substance. .. . 
Pure ash in dry substance. 
Pure ash in fresh leaves. 
Sulfuric acid. 
Phosphoric acid . 
Chlorin. 
Sodium . 
Potassic acid. 
Sodic oxid. 
Calcic oxid. 
Magnesic oxid. 
FerriG oxid. 
Aluminic oxid. 
Manganic oxid. 
Total nitrogen in blades. 
Total nitrogen in stem. 
Proteid nitrogen in blades. 
Proteid nitrogen in stems. 
Nitric nitrogen in blades. 
Nitric nitrogen in stems. 
Percent 
Percent 
11.95000 
11.30000 
19.66000 
19.72000 
13.66000 
13.63000 
1.63260 
1.54130 
0.15755 
0.16360 
0.0.7090 
0.04994 
0.10443 
0.11403 
0.06879 
0.07414 
0.56674 
0.53794 
0.39007 
0.30820 
0.13765 
0.16040 
0.11063 
0.10650 
0.01323 
0.01246 
0.00905 
0.00920 
0.00442 
0.00205 
0.56496 
0.57288 
0.17160 
0.15180 
0.37910 
0.35798 
0.08447 
0.10243 
0.01208 
None 
0.04313 
0.01956 
Percent 
Percent 
11.41000 
12.00000 
18.77600 
20.18400 
12.88500 
13.99900 
1.47020 
1.67980 
0.14288 
0.19240 
0.06252 
0.05665 
0.07499 
0.09592 
0.04876 
0.06237 
0.49142 
0.62295 
0.39934 
0.34132 
0.12156 
0.15552 
0.10749 
0.12636 
0.00642 
0.00829 
0.01131 
0.01494 
0.00351 
0.00375 
0.54177 
0.50952 
0.16764 
0.12938 
0.43428 
0.40656 
0.09081 
0.09134 
0.01360 
None 
0.07967 
0.01979 
Carbon . 
Sand. 
Silicic acid. 
Sulfuric acid . .. 
Phosphoric acid. 
Chlorin. 
Sodium. 
Carbonic acid .. 
Potassic oxid .. 
Sodic oxid. 
Calcic oxid .... 
Magnesic oxid . 
Ferric oxid .... 
Aluminic oxid. . 
Manganic oxid.. 
Loss . 
CLVI 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
3.022 
2.342 
6.706 
9.650 
3.018 
4.343 
4.445 
6.396 
4.159 
24.552 
24.127 
34.719 
20.495 
23.892 
5.859 
8.431 
4.709 
6.776 
0.563 
0.810 
0.385 
0.554 
0.188 
0.270 
(0.591) 
Ash Analyses. 
CLVII 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
3.427 
2.985 
7.342 
10.616 
2.241 
3.240 
5.177 
7.398 
4.810 
23.724 
24.140 
34.904 
18.310 
19.997 
7.192 
10.408 
4.779 
6.910 
0.559 
0.808 
0.537 
0.776 
0.092 
0.133 
(0.702) 
CLVIII 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
1.926 
2.425 
6.673 
9.719 
2.920 
4.253 
3.502 
5.100 
3.316 
25.924 
22.951 
33.426 
21.717 
27.162 
5.677 
8.268 
5.020 
7.311 
0.300 
0.437 
0.528 
0.769 
0.164 
0.238 
(1.063) 
100.790 
0.790 
100.000 100.000 
CLIX 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
2.126 
2.557 
7.985 
11.513 
2.339 
3.373 
3.960 
5.710 
3.713 
24.786 
25.720 
37.086 
17.540 
20.319 
6.421 
9.258 
5.217 
7.522 
0.272 
0.392 
0.617 
0.890 
0.155 
0.224 
(1.178) 
100.873 
0.873 
100.000 100.000 
Sum. 101.002 . 101.153 
Oxygen efiui. to 
chlorin . 1.002 . 1.153 
Total. 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 
♦The leaves of the beets on the check plots showed the usual signs of 
ripening, but those of the beets on the plots treated with nitrate did not. The 
check plots did not show this change until after the first of October. * The 
leaves were frozen about 20 Oct., so these were the last samples of leaves taken 
tor the season. The samples of beets taken on this date were analyzed so that 
we could have complete analyese of these samples of which the leaves and 
beets were both in perfect condition. 
