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The Colorado Experiment Station 
ANALYSES OF BEETS, SAMPLES TAKEN 12 OCT. 1911. 
CLX CLXI CLXII CLXIII 
Variety .. E R E R Check Z R Z R Check 
Nitrate applied per acre. 750 pounds None 750 pounds None 
Average weight of beets.1017.5 grams 894.6 grams 801.7 grams 752.2 grams 
Av. weight of beets trimmed. . .834.8 grams 768.6 grams 672.7 grams 617.5 grams 
Sugar in beets. 
Dry substance in beets. 
Crude ash in dry substance. . . . 
Pure ash in dry substance. 
Pure ash in fresh beet. 
Sulfuric acid . 
Phosphoric acid . 
Chlorin. 
Sodium. 
Potassic oxid . 
Sodic oxid . 
Calcic oxid. 
Magnesic oxid . 
Ferric oxid . 
.Aluminic oxid. 
Manganic oxid. 
Total nitrogen. 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer). 
Ammonic nitrogen. 
Amid nitrogen.• 
Amino nitrogen . 
Nitric nitrogen. 
Injurious nitrogen in beets. 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. . . . 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sug. 
Press Juice 
Total nitrogen. 
Albumin nitrogen . 
Propetone nitrogen . 
Peptone nitrogen . 
Percent 
14.40000 
20.87000 
4.01100 
2.82460 
0.58950 
0.02494 
0.04710 
0.01913 
0.01427 
0.27855 
0.10851 
0.02887 
0.05674 
0.00458 
0.00169 
0.00237 
0.16896 
0.08368 
0.00211 
0.00660 
0.03764 
0.01685 
0.07657 
3.09240 
0.53174 
Percent 
15.30000 
23.07000 
3.38360 
2.31000 
0.53297 
0.02291 
0.05283 
0.01307 
0.00850 
0.27127 
0.05256 
0.03854 
0.06383 
0.00328 
0.00259 
0.00000 
0.14124 
0.07154 
0.00266 
0.00565 
0.04505 
0.00503 
0.06139 
2.40720 
0.40125 
Percent 
14.30000 
20.04000 
3.95300 
2.67600 
0.53631 
0.02189 
0.05457 
0.00896 
0.00582 
0.27988 
0.07237 
0.03106 
0.04745 
0.00610 
0.00211 
0.00170 
0.16368 
0.08104 
0.00066 
0.00778 
0.03818 
0.01885 
0.07420 
2.71970 
0.51887 
0.15074 
0.04968 
0.00413 
0.00296 
Percent 
15.80000 
23.05000 
3.40000 
2.40400 
0.55657 
0.02493 
0.06721 
0.01133 
0.00737 
0.28225 
0.05078 
0.03148 
0.07038 
0.00820 
0.00042 
0.00293 
0.14388 
0.07497 
0.00224 
0.00554 
0.03266 
0.00870 
0.06113 
2.38390 
0.38690 
0.11030 
0.04576 
0.00245 
0.00658 
According to Ruempler, 
0.14622 0.11869 
0.04796 0.04429 
0.00319 0.00514 
0.01906 0.00087 
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 . 
CLXIV 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
1.831 
1.510 
2.979 
4.230 
5.627 
7.990 
2.623 
3.725 
2.423 
26.237 
33.276 
47.252 
15.248 
18.391 
3.449 
4.897 
6.780 
9.626 
0.547 
0.777 
0.202 
0.287 
0.883 
0.402 
Ash Analyses. 
CLXV 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
1.429 
1.164 
2.939 
4.299 
6.775 
9.912 
1.677 
2.453 
1.595 
26.268 
35.601 
52.082 
8.201 
9.864 
4.597 
6.725 
8.168 
11.97 6 
0.421 
0.615 
0.331 
0.484 
(2.780) . 
CLX VI 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
1.735 
1.308 
2.758 
4.081 
7.428 
10.903 
1.129 
1.671 
1.086 
26.174 
35.264 
52.186 
10.107 
13.494 
3.914 
5.792 
5.979 
8.848 
0.769 
1.138 
0.266 
0.394 
0.214 
0.317 
(3.210) 
CLXVII 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
1.568 
0.605 
3.166 
4.479 
8.537 
12.076 
1.440 
2.037 
1.324 
24.052 
35.851 
50.712 
8.136 
9.124 
3.994 
5.650 
8.941 
12.648 
1.042 
1.474 
0.054 
0.076 
0.238 
0.400 
(2.656) 
Sum.100.592 
Oxygen eoui. to 
chlorin . 0.592 
100.000 100.000 
100.378 
0.378 
100.000 100.000 
100.255 
0.255 
100.000 100.000 
100.325 
0.325 
100.000 100.000 
Total 
