Deterioration Sugar Beets Due to Nitrates 
ANALYSES OP BEET SAMPLES TAKEN S NOV. 1911. 
CLXX CLXXI 
133 
Variety . 
Nitrate applied per acre 
CLXIX 
E R 
750 pounds 
CLXXII 
E R Check Z R Z R Check 
None 750 pounds None 
Av. vveigrt of beets, trimmed. .. 
819.3 grams 
# 
Percent 
Sugar in beet. 
14.60000 
Dry substance in beet. 
20.21000 
Crude ash in dry substance. . . . 
4.04000 
Pure ash in dry substance. 
2.72950 
Pure ash in fresh beet. . . . 
0.55164 
Sulfuric acid. 
0.02495 
Phosphoric acid. 
0.04303 
Chlorin. 
0 019/19 
Sodium. 
U « U jL tc ^ 
C o n q 
Potassic oxid. 
0.25865 
Sodic oxid. 
0.09844 
Calcic oxid. 
0.03006 
Magnesic oxid. 
0.06827 
Ferric oxid. 
0.00352 
Aluminic oxid. 
0.00170 
Manganic oxid. 
0.00252 
Total nitrogen. 
0.16632 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer) .... 
0.08646 
Amnionic nitrogen .... 
0.00118 
Amid nitrogen. 
0.00771 
Amino nitrogen . 
0.05319 
Nitric nitrogen . 
0.01871 
Injurious nitrogen in beet. 
0.07097 
Injurious ash per 100 sugar. .. . 
2.75710 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sug. 
0.48610 
Press Juice According 
Total nitrogen. 
0.14809 
Albumin nitrogen. 
0.05408 
Propetone nitrogen. 
0.00737 
Peptone nitrogen. 
0.00209 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
15.60000 
14.50000 
15.60000 
21.16000 
21.10000 
22.00000 
3.67000 
■ 4.07200 
3.67000 
2.55850 
2.80400 
2.60100 
0.54139 
0.59255 
0.57223 
0.02561 
0.02616 
0.02641 
0.05508 
0.05584 
0.06256 
0.01439 
0.01312 
0.01721 
0.00936 
0.00853 
0.01119 
0.26141 
0.29473 
0.28494 
0.06370 
0.08256 
0.06044 
0.03342 
0.03461 
0.03338 
0.07127 
0.07154 
0.07201 
0.00433 
0.00172 
0.00193 
0.00087 
0.00108 
0.00009 
0.00192 
0.00109 
0.00208 
0.14882 
0.16698 
0.14223 
0.08474 
0.08461 
0.08355 
0.00165 
0.00258 
0.00171 
0.00593 
0.00868 
0.00660 
0.05621 
0.04775 
0.04982 
0.00827 
0.01421 
0.00746 
0.05651 
0.07111 
0.05037 
2.45640 
2.93200 
2.56530 
0.36215 
0.49041 
0.32290 
to Ruempler. 
0.13383 
0.15119 
0.12314 
0.05439 
0.04858 
0.05292 
0.00489 
0.00858 
0.00040 
0.00256 
0.00663 
0.00974 
CLXXI1I 
Crude 
Carbon . None 
Sand. 1.430 
Silicic acid . 1.083 
Sulfuric acid... 3.05(3 
Phosphoric acid. 5.270 
Chlorin. 11.521 
Sodium. 
Carbonic acid... 28.833 
Potassic oxid . . 31.677 
Sodic oxid. 13.389 
Calcic oxid .... 3.682 
Magnesic oxid.. 8.361 
Ferric oxid. 0.431 
Aluminic oxid.. 0.208 
Manganic oxid.. 0.309 
Loss. (1.093) 
Ash Analyses. 
CLXXIV 
CLXXV 
CLXXVI 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
None 
None 
1.375 
1.294 
1 2QS 
0.912 
0.756 
0 71? 
4.523 
3.298 
4.731 
3.028 
4.391 
3.271 
4.615 
7.800 
7.093 
10.175 
6.499 
9.423 
7.748 
10.932 
2.251 
1.854 
2.660 
1.527 
2.214 
2.131 
3.007 
1.464 
1.729 
1.439 
1.955 
26.802 
27.690 
25 055 
46.888 
33.662 
48.285 
34.303 
49.737 
35.293 
49.795 
17.846 
9.827 
11.766 
10.946 
13.932 
9.352 
10.563 
5.450 
4.304 
6.174 
4.228 
6.145 
4.134 
5.833 
12.375 
9.177 
13.163 
8.326 
12.073 
8.918 
12.583 
0.638 
0.556 
0.799 
0.200 
0.283 
0.239 
0.337 
0.308 
0.112 
0.161 
0.126 
0.179 
0.011 
0.016 
0.457 
0.249 
0.357 
0.127 
0.184 
0.258 
0.364 
Sum. 100.343 
Oxygen equi. to 
chlorin . 0.343 
(1.063) 
100.418 
0.418 
• (1.294) 
100.344 
0.344 
(1.060) 
100.480 
0.480 
100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 
Total 
