Contents xi 



Water requirements of beets, 131 



Time to apply water, 133 



Size of irrigation, 136 



Relation of irrigation to size, shape, and quality of beets, 137 



Drainage 144 



Reasons for drainage, 144 

 Effects of drainage, 145 

 Kinds of drains, 146 

 Installing the drainage system, 147 



CHAPTER XI 



HARVESTING 148-157 



Time of harvest 148 



Digging 151 



Topping 152 



Mechanical harvester 154 



Hauling 155 



Siloing 157 



CHAPTER XII 



BY-PRODUCTS 158-183 



Sugar-beet tops 158 



Composition of the tops, 159 



Feeding and storing tops, 161 



Soiling beet tops, 163 



Use of beet silage, 166 

 Sugar-beet pulp . . * 168 



Uses of beet pulp, 169 

 Waste sugar-beets and root-tips ..... 176 



Sugar-beet molasses 177 



Waste lime and minor by-products .... 181 



