. Annual report. Agricultural education. 1904.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 31. 209 5. Notes on Sugar-beet Refuse. Analysis of Sugar-beet Refuse forwarded for Investigation. Per Cent. Moisture, . Phosphoric acid, . Total potassium oxide, Water soluble potassium oxide, Total nitrogen, . Nitrogen as nitrates, . Nitrogen as ammoniates, Nitrogen in organic form, . Calcium oxide, . Sodium oxide, Sulphuric acid, Chlorine, Carbonic acid, none .05 none none The above material is a waste product from the sugar-beet industry ; it is produced in the process of manufa
. Annual report. Agricultural education. 1904.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 31. 209 5. Notes on Sugar-beet Refuse. Analysis of Sugar-beet Refuse forwarded for Investigation. Per Cent. Moisture, . Phosphoric acid, . Total potassium oxide, Water soluble potassium oxide, Total nitrogen, . Nitrogen as nitrates, . Nitrogen as ammoniates, Nitrogen in organic form, . Calcium oxide, . Sodium oxide, Sulphuric acid, Chlorine, Carbonic acid, none .05 none none The above material is a waste product from the sugar-beet industry ; it is produced in the process of manufacturing alcohol from the beet-sugar molasses ; it is rich in potash and nitrogen, and deserves special attention in the produc- tion of tobacco and other industrial crops. The successful introduction of the beet-sugar manufacture as a home in- dustry already benefits our agricultural interests in many ways, as was predicted by the friends of the sugar-beet in- dustry years ago. 6. Notes on City Garbage Products. Sample No. 1 represents what is known as garbage tank- age ; sample No. 2 represents the ashes from the cremation of city garbage. Analysis of Garbage Products. Per Cent. Sample No. 1. Samplf No. 2. Moisture Potassium oxide, Total phosphoric acid, Available phosphoric acid, Insoluble phosphoric acid, Nitrogen. * Not Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural College; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Boston : [s. n. ]
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