TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAOB. 



introduction 5 



Historical notice , 11 



FIRST PART. 



Qrowtk of the Sugar Beet. 

 SBCTIOX 



1 Choice of soil 15 



2 Climatic influences 18 



3 Preparation of the soil 19 



4 Rotation of crops 26 



5 Manures 29 



6 Beet sowing 35 



7 Culture of the Beet 45 



8 Harvesting and keeping 49 



9 Value of the Beet 51 



10 Production of seed 53 



1 1 Economical considerations 56 



SECOND PART. 



CHAPTER FIRST. 



G-eneral ideas 61 



1 Elementary principles of chemistry " 



2 Composition and decomposition of bodies 66 



3 Production of carbonic acid gas 68 



4 Preparation of milk of lime for defecation 70 



& Clarification of juice and syrups " 



6 Of sugar 71 



7 Of the juice of the beet 74 



8 Of animal charcoal, its fabrication and revivification. . . 76 



