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Index 



Sugar: — Continued 

 •factories : 



beet, 3. 



in America, present, 312. 



rapid growth in U. S., 20. 

 first commercial extraction from 



beets 10. 

 future supply of, 291. 

 in beet : 



factors affecting, 31, 32. 



first discovery, 9. 

 increase in consumption, 283. 

 industry : 



causes of early failures, 18. 



in U. S., early, 16. 

 in nature, 277, 278. 

 introduction into : 



commerce, 8. 



diet of Europeans, 8. 

 kinds and properties, 275. 

 making of, 258-267. 

 percentage extracted from beets, 



266. 

 production of : 



Europe, early, 15. 



U. S., 292, yearly, 320-322. 



World, 287-291, 326. 

 properties of, 276. 

 storage of, in beets, 29, 30, 150. 

 trade, first competition in, 8. 

 use as medicine, 6. 

 use confined to modern times, 6. 

 value as a food, 279-283. 

 wholesale prices monthly and 

 yearly, 324. 

 Sugar-beet : 



by-products, 158-183. 



composition of, 160, 182. 



importance of, 158. 

 conditions for growing, 36-53. 

 contracts : 



items included, 93. 



sample of, 95-100. 

 diseases, 198-204. 

 factories : 



early failures in U. S., 16-18. 



of America, 312. 



Sugar-beet : — Continued 

 factories: — Continued 



of the U. S. by states, 322. 

 factors affecting sugar in, 31, 



32. 

 factory : 



first in U. S., 16, 17. 

 requirements for success, 52. 

 flowering habits, 34. 

 habit of growth, 23. 

 industry : 



early decline of, 12. 

 encouraged by Napoleon, 11, 



12. 

 favorable conditions for growth 



in Germany, 13, 15. 

 first success in U. S., 19. 

 fostered by Frederick the 



Great, 11. 

 growth of, 12, 13, 15. 

 recent developments, 20, 21. 

 molasses as a by-product, 177- 



181. 

 mosaic, 203. 

 nematode, 195. 

 pests and diseases, 184-204. 

 plant : 



description of, 24, 25. 

 elements essential to growth, 



27. 

 growth and feeding habits, 

 26-29. 

 production : 



of U. S. yearly by states, 322. 

 of world, 326. 

 pulp, 168-176. 

 dry, 169, 173. 

 loss in siloing, 168. 

 raising, personal requirements for, 



50. 

 seed : 



breeding, 221. 



harvesting and threshing, 227. 

 importation, 216-219. 

 production, 213-230. 

 commercial, 223. 

 of the U. S., 216. 



