i4° The Colorado Experiment Station 
ANALYSES OF BEETS DEFOLIATED 0 SEPT., HARVESTED 8 NOV. 1811. 
CLXXVII 
CLXXVIII 
CLXXIX 
CLXXX 
Variety. 
E R* 
E R 
Z R 
Z R 
Date of sampling. 
1 Sept. 
8 Nov. 
1 Sept. 
8 Nov. 
Average weight of beets. 
625.3 grams 
791.2 grams 
510.3 grams 
701.3 grams 
Av. weight of beets, trimmed.. . 
543.4 grams 
701.0 grams 
469.4 grams 
590.0 grams 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Percent 
Sugar in beets. 
11.90000 
14.30000 
13.20000 
13.20000 
Dry substance in beets. 
18.69000 
19.60000 
19.76000 
19.27000 
Crude ash in dry substance. 
4.64900 
3.98000 
3.94200 
4.28000 
Pure ash in dry substance. 
3.24960 
2.77100 
2.79500 
3.01500 
Pure ash in fresh beet. 
0.60735 
0.54440 
0.55235 
0.58100 
Sulfuric acid . 
0.02358 
0.02414 
0.02341 
0.02462 
Phosphoric acid . 
0.05425 
0.05380 
0.06435 
0.06307 
Chlorin . 
0.02314 
0.01933 
0.01413 
0.02563 
Sodium . 
0.01484 
0.01254 
0.00917 
0.01666 
Potassic oxid. 
0.31460 
0.26493 
0.29742 
0.28042 
Sodic oxid. 
0.09825 
0.06062 
0.06676 
0.06624 
Calcic oxid . 
0.02456 
0.03603 
0.02140 
0.02808 
Magnesic oxid . 
0.04813 
0.06775 
0.05010 
0.07262 
Ferric oxid . 
0.00329 
0.00178 
0.00301 
0.00158 
Aluminic oxid. 
0.00145 
0.00126 
0.00162 
0.00092 
Manganic oxid. 
0.00104 
0.00193 
0.00098 
0.00117 
Total nitrogen. 
0.13794 
0.12408 
0.13068 
0.11286 
Proteid nitrogen (Stutzer). 
0.07317 
0.06731 
0.07418 
0.09029 
Ammonic nitrogen. 
0.00251 
0.00105 
0.00251 
0.00118 
Amid nitrogen. 
0.00634 
0.00387 
0.00568 
0.00343 
Amino nitrogen. 
0.04150 
0.06267 
0.04244 
0.05071 
Nitric nitrogen. 
0.01925 
0.01367 
0.01670 
0.01584 
Injurious nitrogen in beet. 
0.05592 
0.05185 
0.04831 
0.01796 
Injurious ash per 100 of sugar. 
3.98650 
2.66820 
3.11290 
3.13320 
Injurious nitrogen per 100 sug. 
0.45922 
0.32658 
0.36591 
0.13606 
Press Juice According 
to Ruemplcr. 
Total nitrogen . 
0.11480 
0.10178 
0.11639 
0.09155 
Albumin nitrogen . 
0.03772 
0.03639 
0.03742 
0.03389 
Propetone nitrogen. 
0.01464 
0.00356 
0.01156 
0.00273 
Peptone nitrogen . 
•r 
0.00444 
? 
0.00548 
Ash Analyses. 
CLXXXI. 
CLXXXIl. 
CLXXXIV. 
CLXXXIIL 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
Crude 
Pure 
CarDon . 
None 
None 
Nnnp 
Sand . 
1.279 
1.095 
0 808 
0 946 
Silicic acid. 
1.001 
0.857 
0.973 
0.784 
Sulfuric acid . ... 
2.714 
3.883 
3.158 
4.533 
3.005 
4.238 
2.986 
4.238 
Phosphoric acid. 
6.244 
8.933 
6.879 
9.876 
8.262 
11.651 
7.647 
10.855 
Chlorin . 
2.663 
3.810 
2.472 
3.551 
1.814 
2.559 
3.107 
4.410 
Sodium. 
2.477 
2.309 
1.660 
. 
2.867 
Carbonic acid. .. 
26.275 
26.989 
24.107 
26.360 
Potassic oxid... 
36.207 
51.794 
33.875 
48.636 
38.181 
53.845 
34.001 
48.264 
Sodic oxid . 
13.640 
16.176' 
9.880 
11.129 
10.157 
12.087 
10.751 
11.401 
Calcic oxid . 
2.827 
4.044 
4.608 
6.617 
2.747 
3.874 
3.405 
4.833 
Magnesic oxid. . 
5.539 
7.924 
8.663 
12.440 
6.432 
9.071 
8.805 
12.499 
Ferric oxid. 
0.379 
0.542 
0.227 
0.325 
0.386 
0.545 
0.191 
0.271 
Aluminic oxid.. 
0.167 
0.245 
0.161 
0.230 
0.207 
0.293 
0.112 
0.159 
Manganic oxid.. 
0.120 
0.172 
0.247 
0.354 
0.126 
0.177 
0.143 
0.203 
Loss . 
(1.546) 
(1.447) 
(3.104) 
(1.463) 
Sum. 
100.601 
100.558 
100.409 
100.701 
Oxygen equi. to 
chlorin . 
0.601 
. 
0.558 
0.409 
0.701 
Total. 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
100.000 
The samples taken 1 Sept, represent the composition of the beets at the 
time of defoliation. Analyses CLXX and CLXXI represent the same with nor¬ 
mal development and harvested 8 Nov. 
