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Bulletin 58. 
TABLE VIII.—GIVING COMPOSITION OF ASHES OF BEETS GROWN 
WITH AND WITHOUT MANURE. 
Kleinwanzlebener. 
Chemical Plot 
Manured. 1898. 
Kle nwanzlebener. 
Chemical Plot. 
Not Manured. 1898. 
Kleinwanzlebener. 
Chemical Plot. 
Not Manured. 1897. 
Vilmorin Improved. 
Farm Plot. 
Not Manured. 1898. 
Vilmorin. 
Farm Plot. 
Not Manured. 1897. 
Vilmorin. 
Chemical Plot. 
Not Manured. 1899. 
ZehriDgen. 
Chemical Plot. 
Not Manured. 1899. 
Dry Matter in Beets. .. .. 
19.770 
20.822 
18.090 
23.704 
17.500 
23.493 
24.423 
Ash in Dry Matter. 
5.650 
5.433 
6.491 
5.476 
5.469 
4.000 
4.500 
Insoluble Ash. 
1.075 
0.921 
1.389 
0.850 
1.311 
1.350 
1.150 
Soluble Ash. 
4.575 
4.512 
5.102 
4.626 
4.158 
2.650 
3.350 
Ash in Fresh Sample. 
1.117 
1.131 
1.174 
1.298 
0.957 
0.940 
1.099 
Carbon. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Trace. 
Sand . 
1.440 
1.079 
1.188 
1.125 
0.931 
2.613 
2.139 
Silica . 
0.946 
0.887 
1.102 
0.652 
1.264 
1.373 
1.284 
Sulphuric Acid. 
2.760 
3.062 
3.476 
3.364 
2.878 
3.747 
3.913 
Phosphoric Acid. 
9.984 
8.434 
8.668 
6.923 
6.088 
8.613 
9.109 
Carbonic Acid. 
18.106 
17.092 
15.690 
22.300 
19.177 
16.890 
15.294 
Chlorin. 
10.752 
11.857 
12.599 
6.966 
10.887 
5.699 
9.464 
Potassic Oxid. 
40.061 
37.923 
42.976 
38.322 
40.065 
40.525 
38.572 
Sodic Oxid. 
8.699 
12.184 
8.811 
12.736 
11.161 
5.878 
9.219 
Calcic Oxid. 
2.549 
2.612 
1.951 
2.356 
3.409 
4.106 
2.900 
Magnesic Oxid. 
5.745 
5.366 
5.573 
5.156 
5.264 
7.226 
7.242 
Ferric Oxid. 
0.273 
0.306 
0.146 
0.238 
0.414 
0.396 
0.707 
Alurr inic Oxid. 
0.087 
0.303 
0.538 
0.100 
0.774 
0.184 
0.193 
Manganic Oxid. 
0.195 
0.331 
0.195 
0.152 
0.186 
0.310 
0.204 
r.osR on Tgnition. 
1.519 
1.626 
1.532 
3.454 
2.308 
Sum... 
103.109 
103.062 
102.912 
101.922 
102.498 
101.014 
102.498 
Oxygen Equivalent to Chlorin.... 
2.423 
2.672 
2.839 
1.570 
2.441 
1.284 
2.132 
Total. 
100.686 
100.390 
100.073 
100.352 
100.057 
99.730 
100.366 
§ 56. This table shows the composition of beet ashes obtained 
from beets grown on three different soils and under different condi¬ 
tions, both of season and cultivation. The differences in the 
percentage of dry matter in these samples are, as I have already 
suggested, to be attributed to seasonal influences rather than to 
differences due to variety and cultivation. But whether the other 
differences, such as is observed, for example, in the percentage of 
the phosphoric acid, is to be attributed to the differences in the 
soils, season or cultivation, appears open to doubt, though the 
