INDEX. 



Page. 



Achard, Karl Franz., erection of his factory 10 



his success in extracting sugar from beets 8 



his new method and model school and factory 24 



progress of his work 10-23 



Albuminous matter, distribution of 78 



Alkalies, nitrates and phosphates of 281-283 



relation of, to percentage of sugar in the beet 80 



Analyses, chemical, of the ashes . 89 



Corenwinder's, of French pulps 146 



of beets grown under different conditions 76-94 



of French pulps 146-149 



of soil suitable for beet culture 95-113 



Pagnoul's results of 285, 286 



Appendix A. — Cuts of essential apparatus and machinery used abroad in the production of 



beet -root sugar 166 



B. — History and progress of the culture of the sugar beet and the manufacture of 



sugar therefrom in the United States 167-170 



C. — Preliminary report upon the condition of the culture of the sugar beet in Maine. 171-180 



D. — Final report upon the condition of the beet-sugar industry in^STew England 181-275 



E. — Points for consideration with regard to the introduction of the sugar beet and 

 the manufacture of beet sugar in the Northwest, as compared with the beet- 

 sugar-producing countries of Europe 275-2S0 



F. — The physiological functions of the nitrates and phosphates in the sugar-beet. .. 281-283 



G. — Meteorology and the growth of the beet, by Mari6 Davy 284-288 



Arbitration bond between growers of beets and sugar manufacturers in France 128-130 



Ash, its relation to sugar in" the beet 79, 80 



of sugar-forming"races 88 



percentage of, in beet 79, 80 



per hundred volumes of juice in 88 



Austria, monthlv average of temperature and rainfall in 42 



Average, monthly, of temperature and rainfall throughout the beet-growing districts of Eu- 

 rope, in degrees and inches 39-69 



in the United States 51-69 



weight of beets of good quality 71 



weight of four roots 87 



Barruel, his method of making beet sugar 21 



Bavaria, monthly averages of temperature and rainfall in 39-41 



Beet, analysis of, grown under different conditions 76-94 



average weight of good quality of 71 



best time for sowing the 110 



manure for soil in cultivating the 99-110 



varieties of, for culture 93. 94 



culture in the United States 167-160 



Maine, report on 171, 181-184, 259 



Xe w Hampshire, report on 260, 261 



Massachusetts, report on 262, 263 



France for all purposes in 1875 31,32 



France 31, 32, 95-117 



toward the north in the European States 34 



Decombrecque's method of improving the 92 



distribution of albuminous matters and salt in 78 



early history and varieties of 7 



experiments in drying, prove disastrous 70 



best varieties of 93, 94 



forage, percentage of phosphoric acid in 88 



gray top, description of 74 



green top, description of 74 



growing districts of Europe 39-69 



growth of the, and meteorologv 284-288 



harvesting of the crop . ... 114 



how French growers secure the gi-eatest profit from culture of 116, 117 



to preserve the, after pulling 115 



Imperial, description of 74 



internal structure and composition of 75 



iuice of, percentage of sugar in 71 



laborers necessary to pull an acre of, in France and the United States 115 



manner of drying the roots 116 



percentage of ash in 79 



planting, necess ry distance between the rows in 112,113 



produced in special culture 72 



roots and .iuice, density of 81 



leaves, general composition of 98 



19 S B 289 



