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Sugar Beet, three important fungous diseases of — continued. Page. 



occurrence of the disease 339 



root rot of beets 339 



remedies 350 



special characters of the fungus 345 



general account 352 



Part II, Leaf spot of the beet 352 



remedies 356 



Part III 359 



beet scab, appearance of the disease . 359 



cause and prevention of the disease 360 



some references to the literature of beet diseases 361 



investigations for 1S98, bulletin 166 419 



amount of seed distributed 420 



conditions of the season : 426 



cost of growing an acre of beets 431 



cost of beets per ton 432 



depth of planting 422 



distance between rows 423 



earl}' tillage 423 



early and late planting 423 



effect of the preceding crop 424 



enemies of the beet crop 425 



effect of fertilizer upon yield 433 



farmers who furnished detailed reports on their sugar beet crops . 437-438 



hilly land 421 



harvesting the crop 426 



influence of the preceding crop on the yield of beets 424 



ii fluence of fertilizer upon yield and quality of beets 434 



influence of variety upon yield of beets 435 



influence of variety upon quality of beets 435-436 



kind of soil .... 421 



lessons from the 1898 sugar beet fields 421 



plan of the work 419 



preparation of the land 422 



quality of the beets grown in 1898 426 



records of the Binghamton Beet Sugar Co., of Binghamton, X. Y.. 421 



stony land 421 



seeding 422 



yield of beets per acre in 189S 427 



Sugar beet investigations, part II 441 



effect of tillage on beets 422 



effect of subsoiling immediately preceding planting 445 



effect of bunching and thinning at various periods of growth 444 



experiments with fertilizers for sugar beets 447 



lines of investigation decided upon 441 



tables showing results of experiments 443 



table showing results of fertilizer experiments 449 



variety test 446 



wide rows vs. narrow 441 



Sugar beet investigations, part III 



work of the chemical dept 450 



comparison of sandy and dry loams 457 



precipitation in inches, 1897 and 1898, compared by months 467 



results of the work detailed .' 452-455 



results of the season's work by counties 457-465 



seasons of 1897-1898 compared 455 



