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Chlorin in beets grown with fertilizers. 64 
Phosphoric acid in the soil, fertilizers and beets. 64 
Effects of fertilizers on quality of beets and crops disappointing. 65 
The available phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen in the soil experimented 
with was abundant. 66 
Ratio of proteid to total nitrogen. 68 
Good and bad beets for Colorado characterized. 70 
General effects of nitrates upon beets. 71 
Experiments with nitrates, 1910, general results. 72 
Tabular statement of total, nitric and injurious nitrogen in non-fertilized 
and fertilized beets. 78 
Tabular statement of total, nitric and injurious nitrogen in beets with and 
without sodic nitrate. 79 
Lack of data relative to nitric nitrogen in beets. 80 
Varying quality of beets grown on good land in Colorado. 80 
Specific effects of fertilizers inconsistent. 81 
Specific object of experiments with sodic nitrate. 82 
Maximum effects produced by 1,000 pounds sodic nitrate per acre. 83 
The limit of beneficial effects of nitrates passed by application of 500 
pounds of sodic nitrate. 83 
Effects of nitrates upon growth and color of tops. 83 
Effects of nitrates upon physical condition of the soil. 84 
Effects of the nitrates upon the shape of the beets. 84 
Properties of nitrate beets compared with those of poor beets grown on 
good land. 88 
Permissible injurious ash assumed to be 2 parts per 100 sugar. 89 
Sodic oxid and chlorin high in nitrate beets. 90 
The high ash content of our beets not caused by the nitrates. 91 
The ratio of sodic to potassic oxid in our beets. 92 
Beets grown on bad land, general conditions. 92 
Composition of soil. 93 
Beets grown on bad land—• 
Fertilizers applied, superphosphate, potassic chlorid and sodic 
chlorid. 94 
Analyses of samples taken 23 Sept. . 94 
Analyses of samples taken 11 Oct. 95 
Analyses of samples taken 3 Nov. 95 
Ratio of nitric to total nitrogen. 100 
General qualities of the beets. 100 
Fertilizers added produced no effects. 101 
Effects of nitrate upon structure of beets. 101 
Analyses of the best beets analyzed in 1910. 104 
Beneficial effects on amount of sugar in beet attributed to sodic nitrate. . . . 105 
Effects of 500 pounds nitrate per acre compared with those of 250 pounds.. 105 
Tabular statement of sugar, nitric nitrogen, etc., in beets grown with fer¬ 
tilizers . 107 
Tabular statement of effects produced by nitrates. 107 
Tabular statement of properties of beets grown on bad land. 108 
Tabular statement of effects of superphosphate on bad land. 108 
Tabular statement of the effects of potassic chlorid. 109 
Tabular statement of the effects of sodic chlorid. 109 
Tabular statement comparing beets grown on good land, with 1,000 pounds 
nitrate and on bad land. 109 
Tabular statement of properties of beets grown on good land for factory 
purposes . 110 
Sufficient nitric nitrogen found in the soil to produce a low quality in the 
beets . Ill 
Analyses of cossettes used and thick juices obtained in experimental plant. 112 
The amount of molasses produced. 113 
Total and nitric nitrogen in molasses. 114 
The value of the nitrogen compounds in molasses for feeding purposes 
(note) . 115 
