UNITED STATES 



DEPARTMENT Op AGRICULTURE, 



SPECIAL !R5F^B»T— No. 28. 



REP 



CULTURE OF THE SUGAR BEET 



MAXLFACTLRE OF SUGAR THEREFROM 



IN 



FEANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. 



PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 



Hon. WM. G. LeDTJC, 



COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, 



BY 



WM. McMTJRTRIE, E. M., Ph. D., 



Superintendent of Agriculture in the United States Section, and Agent and Representative 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture at the Paris Exposition of 1878. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PBINTING- OFFICE. 



1880. i 



