Preface 



THIS booklet is published chiefly for the 

 purpose of giving the farmers a general 

 outline of the question of sugar beet 

 growing. 



There cannot possibly be any hard 

 and fast rules to be complied with on 

 anything pertaining to agriculture, as 

 many things depend on climatic condi- 

 tions, the constitution of the soil, and 

 other important points for which genera- 

 tions of farmers in every county have 

 had to make allowance. 



It has been alleged that sugar beet 

 growing should be conducted on similar 

 lines to that of mangels. To the Eng- 

 lish farmer this would simply mean the 

 substitution of one root crop for another 

 of a similar nature^ with this difference, 

 that sugar beet will secure him a return 

 in money without having to transform 



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