INDEX. 293 



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Scums, cost of machinery for 153 



Seeds and seed bearers, method of selecting 86, 87 



average weight of per 100 87 



best time for planting 88 



best time for sowing 110, 111 



best varieties of, for culture 93, 94 



chemical composition of 88 



larger, give more robust plants 87 



bearers, M. Demiatte's article on selecting 91 



solution suggested for soaking 110, 111 



Separation of the roots, number of inches apart 113 



Social conditions affecting beet-root culture 117-130 



Soils, analyses of, to show favorable composition 97-100 



best suited to growth of beet 95-113 



chemical character of 96-113 



improvement of the physical qualities of 107-117 



in the Northwest 276 



observations on preparing for beet-culture 109 



should be thoroughly drained 96 



Sowing, best time for 110, 111 



Special culture, beets produced in 72 



Statistics of population of France 117-121 



on beet culture 97-110 



condition of sugar-beet culture in New England 184-275 



Maine 184, 260 



New Hampshire 260, 261 



Massachusetts 262, 263 



beet culture in France in 1823 27, 28 



departments in France 29 



France in 1875 31,32 



indigenous sugar in France 30 



rainfall and temperature in France 34-50 



the United States 51-69 



showing total number and proportion of the inhabitants engaged in agricultural work 

 as compared with those engaged in industrial and professional occupations in the 



Northern and Western States 122, 123 



showing cost of machinery and apparatus for extracting sugar from juices by various 



processes 151-156 



Strohmer, Herr, on value of nitrates and phosphates of the alkalies 281-283 



Sugar, Achard's method of extraction 8-23 



article from the Moniteur of Paris on the manufacture of 12, 13 



Barruel's note on the manufacture of 21 



beet culture, importance of 161-165 



in Maine, report on 171-180 



New Hampshire 260, 261 



Massachusetts 262,263 



the United States 167-170,181-275 



beet industry in New England 181-275 



France 49-51, 71-94, 123-137 



beet factories, plans for establishing, in the United States 278-280 



beet, physiological functions of the nitrates and phosphates in 281-283 



conditions of the enterprise in France in 1810 17 



concrete, secured in twenty-four hours by Achard 24 



Count Chaptal's report to Napoleon on 20 



creation of four imperial factories 21 



Derosne's method with quicklime 19 



factory of the Society of Perruwelz 127 



factory, residues from 146 



factories of France 49-51, 71-94, 123, 137 



factory, first in Eussia 24 



heat required for the production of 35 



indigenous, production of, in France, in 1873, 1874, 1875 30 



industry, renewal of in France 16 



manufacturers, bond between growers of beets and 128-130 



manufacture, processes and economies 131-156 



manufacture from beet in the United States 167-170 



Margraff s researches and experiments and important discovery 8-23 



methods for estimating, in solution 85, 86 



Napoleon's decree on beet sugar 18-21 



percentage of, compared with ash 79, 80 



in juice 79-81 



in beets 78-87 



phosphoric acid an indispensable article to produce 165 



prizes offered for the production of, in France 18 



producing power of a given surface o f leaves 287 



produced in France from 1835 to 1879 35 



report on beet, in France and the United States 7 



schools for the manufacture of 21, 22 



separation of, from molasses 150, 151 



tariff on, in France 157 



Sysl em, Linard's, of transporting juice, as described by Maumene 131-134 



of purchase by density and quality 124-130 



Tariff on sugar in France 157-161 



or duty paid to the government by manufacturers in Europe 277 



Tases, rates of; mode of collecting, amounts collected 157-161 



