EXPERIMENTS WITH SUGAR BEETS. 
11 
PER CENT. OF SUGAR IN SECTIONS OF THE BEET. 
[ 
Silician on Poor 
Soil. 
Silician on 
Soil. 
1 
Rich 
Imperial on 
Soil. 
Poor 
Imperial on 
Soil. 
Rich 
SECTION. 
Grape Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Cane Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Total Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Grape Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Cane Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Total Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
■ Grape Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
i 
Cane Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Total Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Grape Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Cane Sugar, 
Per Cent. 
Total Sugar, J 
Per Cent. 
i 
1. 
.02 
7.40 
7.42 
.019 
9.10 
9.11 
.019 
9.10 
9.11 
.080 
7.96 
8.04 
O 
u* • « • • 
.023 
10.5 
10.52 
.024 
10.30 
10.32 
.017 
10.50 
10.52 
.096 
8.02 
8.12 
3. 
.035 
10.9 
10.93 
.028 
11.00 
11.02 
.023 
11.20 
11.22 
.071 
7.32 
7.40 
4. 
.005 
11 
11.06 
| .015 
11.30 
11.31 
.030 
11.60 
11.63 
.080 
9.48 
9.56 
o. 
.060 
11.1 
11.16 
.034 
11.40 
11.43 
.030 
11.70 
11.73 
.069 
10.86 
10.93 
6. 
.023 
11.45 
11.47 
.066 
11.80 
11.87 
7. 
. 
.027 
11.70 
11.72 
Av. 
1 
9.66 
10.74 
10.44 
9.08 
1 
. 
FEEDING VALUE. 
In connection with the per cent, of sugar, the feeding- 
value of the beet has been estimated. The amount of 
water in any article of food must diminish its value, for 
two reasons: First, a large per cent, of water means a 
small per cent, of dry matter in the food; second, in the 
winter season, when root crops are usually fed, this water 
must be raised from the freezing point to the temperature 
of the animal. There has been found a certain relation 
between the amount of dry food and water consumed by 
animals. In Bulletin No. 8, page 18, it is given for 
steers as about four parts of water to one of dry food. 
Where the experiments have been conducted with sheep, 
they require only two parts of water to one of dry food. 
These facts show that root crops, like beets, would be bet¬ 
ter for food for cattle than for sheep. The following table 
gives the feeding value of the roots: 
