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Beet root culture, social conditions affecting 117-130 



pulp, analyses from various sources 146-156 



roots, percentage of sugar in 73 



roots, trenches for preserving 116 



smaller in size, richer in sugar 71 



soils best snited to growth of 95-113 



sugar to be obtained from the, proportion of 72 



industry in New England, report on 181-275 



temperature at time of sowing 34 



in growing the 39-68 



and rainfall statistics in Europe and the United States 38-70 



varieties of, grown in France 71-94 



Vilmorin's method of improving the 90 



improved, description of 75 



"Walkhoff 's method of improving the 92 



"White Silesian, description of 73 



Belgium, monthly average of temperature and rainfall in 44 



Bohemia, monthly average of temperature and rainfall in 39-41 



Boiling, cost of machinery for 153 



Bone charcoal, cost of machinery for working 154 



Briem, M., observations on atmospheric conditions 35 



on separation of the roots 113 



California, culture of the beet in 169 



monthly average of temperature and rainfall in 68 



Cambrai, rasping works a?, description of 134, 135 



Caricatures, exhibited in Paris, ridiculing beet sugar 26 



Chaptal, Count, report on beet-sugar culture to the Emperor Napoleon 20 



Collection of taxes in France 157-161 



Composition of a complete manure 101 



Concrete sugar secured from beets in 24 hours 24 



Conditions of soil necessary to grow beets 95-113 



of the Aisne Manufacturers' Club 126, 127 



to be studied in connection with beet culture 33 



Connecticut, monthly average of temperature and rainfall in 56, 57 



Coren winder, analyses of French pulps 146 



Cost, total approximate, for apparatus, machinery, and accessories for extracting sugar from 



the juice 151-154 



Crespel, M., proprietor of ten French factories 26 



Culture, favorable conditions for beet 33 



of the beet for all purposes in France in 1875 30, 31 



Dakota, monthly average of temperature and rainfall in 42 



Davy, Marie, observations on rainfall and temperature 34-36 



on meteorology and growth of the beet 284-288 



Decombrecque, M., his method of improving the beet 92 



Deherain, M., his experiments in temperature and rainfall 36 



Demiatte, M., on the selection of seed bearers 91 



Denmark, average temperature and rainfall in 275 



Density of roots and juice of the beet 81-83 



system of purchase by, in France 124-13§ 



Departments in France in which sugar is made 29 



Depth at which the seed must be buried Ill 



Derosne, M., experiments to secure the best seeds 93 



his method of extracting sugar 19, 20 



Desiccation may be practiced 116 



Diffusion, results obtained by 145-150 



Drying roots, manner of 116 



Dubrunfant, M., determines cost of production by two processes 28 



Economies in the manufacture of beet sugar 131, 156 



Evaporation, average annual 34 



cost of machinery for 153 



Estimates and cost of machinery and apparatus for working 100 tons of roots in 24 hours 151-154 



Expenses, detail of, for one ton (2,240 pounds) of beets 155, 156 



Factories, creation of four imperial, in France 21 



cost of establishing pipe-lines with central 135, 136 



in France 10-30, 127-137 



in Germany 23,28 



of the Society of Perruwelz 127 



plans for establishing, in the United States 278,280 



Feeding values of residues . - - 148 



Figures or cuts: No. 1. — White Silesian beet 74 



No. 2. — Imperial beet 74 



No. 3.— Green-top beet 74 



No. 4.— Pink-top beet 74 



No. 5. — Gray-top beet 74 



No. 6. — Vilmorin's improved beet 74 



No. 7. — Anatomical description of the root 76 



Of the essential apparatus and machinery used abroad in the production of 



beet sugar 166 



Filtration, cost of machinery for 153 



Forage beet, percentage of phosphoric acid in 88 



France, downfall of the wine trade in 13 



factories in 10-13,127-137 



monthly average of temperature and rainfall in 49-51 



relations between the manufacturers and farmers in --- 124-130 



relations between the proprietors or tenants of farms and laborers in the beet-growing 



sections in 123, 124 



varieties of beets grown in 71-94 



