INDEX. 



Agricultural experiment stations, list of .............. .. 128 



Alameda sua ar company ....................... 32, 43, 109, 172 



Alkali land for beets .................................. . . 1 12 



Allen, president, R. M ................................ 43. 120 



Alvarado (fal.) factory ........................ 32,43, 1UH, 172 



American beei sugar manufacturers' ass'n ............ 34 



American sugar refining company ........................ 1 



American tool and machine company ................. 161 



Armsby. director ........................................ I.TO 



Bauer, chief engineer 178 



Bav Citv (Mich.) factory 15, 198 



Beet forms illustrated: 



badlv trimmed 101 



cross section 76,137 



mat nre beet 103 



poorly shaped ia 



properly trimmed i,'~" il 



typical 32, in. ,,. 1S3 



Beet growers, contracts with 205-210 



Beet growers, actual experiences of 122-125 



a profitable crop ..................................... 10,120 



climatic conditions ................................... 73 



contracts with growers ............................. 205-210 



cost of growing. . ............................ 119-125, 183-188 



cross-section of beet ................................. 7K, 137 



culture, mistaken ideas in ......................... 171, 191 



drying beets ........................................ 107 



farmers' experiences in raising .................. 122-125 



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moisture, how lost from beets 103 



payment to labor 125 



payment to farmers for beets 44, 48, 200 



pests of the beet 1 12-114 



plantclti.se together 90 



price of heel s 126 



pulp of beets for stock feed 108, 192,194 



root shape, on what dependent 94 



roots, how injured 100 



rotation 78, 178 



samples, how to take 196 



seeding 88, 14H 



sowing 180 



storing 104-108, 113,1 17, 151 



thinning and hoeing 92.95,96, 150, 151, 180, 183 



topping 100, 180 



trimming 151 



typical beets 32,75.77, 101,183 



varieties 74 



Beet leaves, best use for 80 



Beet-plant food: 



lime; magnesia; nitrogen; potash and phosphoric 



acid; stable manure 80 



Beet pulp, animal food in 108 



Beet pulp for stock feed 108, 192, 194 



Beet pulp, storing 109, 194 



Beet sample , how to take 1^6 



Beets, cost of growing 119-125, 183-188 



Beet seetl growers, professional 116 



Beet seetl process of Dippe Bros 116 



Beet seed production 114-118,196 



Beet sugar: 



advantages of the industry 136 



brilliant opening for capital 136 



cautions to beginners 137-140 



how made 4o 



expenses and proceeds 120, 121 



production (by years.' 38 



Duality 40 



world's production 6 



Beet sugar industry, advantages of 1, 136 



Beet sugar, labor in producing 125 



Beet sugar factory, how to build 132 



Beet sugar production, economics of: 



Congress recognized possibilities 2 



Dlngley tariff 3 



Domestic sugar vs. expansion 7-10 



licet su-ar statistics : 



Chino 48 



General 1,120, 121 



Nebraska 54 



New York 62 



United States 2,7,15 



Utah 58 



Watsonville 44 



Binghamton (N. Y.) factory 144 



199, 200 



Hawaiian imposltioi 



Reasons for first failures 4 



Situation at opening of 1899 1 



Vitality of this industry 4 



What the Industry means to the U. S 1 



Bruner, Entomologist Lawrence 113 



Buildings, beet sugar, illustrated: 



Alvarado 33,173 



Bay City 15 



raro 153 



Chino 45 



Grand Island 53 



La Grande 57 



Lehi 35,111,115 



Los Alamitos 37, 173 



Menomonee Falls 61 



Mammoth 181 



New York's first 145 



Norfolk 49 



Ogden sugar mill's shed 165 



Pacific.... ill 



Pecos valley 59 



St. Louis park 160 



Union.... 175 



Watsonville 170,179 



Buildings appropriate for factory 132-134, 138 



California sugar industry : 



Alameda sugar company 32,43, 109, 172 



Chino factory 44-50,55, 175 



Cost of growing beets 119-125, 184-188 



Crockett refining company 176 



Los Alamitos company 50, 176 



New Union sugar company 174, 175 



Oxnard industry 152,176,186 



Watsonville factory 43, 170, 174, 175, 178 



Canadian beet sugar attempts 32 



Cane sugar industry 17-28 



Capital, brilliant opening for 136 



Carbonation tanks 30, 159 



Cautions to beet sugar beginners 137-140 



Centrifugals 161,177 



Charts: 



Beet and cane areas 72 



Localities that want factories 42 



Sugar factories in the U. S 142 



Chino l>eet growers' union 48 



Chino (fal.) factory 44-50, .55, 124, 175 



Congress, action of awaited 50 



Co-operative sugar factories 135 



Cost and profits of beet culture 119-125, 183-188 



Crockett refining company 176 



<'r\stallizers 37, 163 



Cultivation 90-92,149-151,178-179 



Cultivators ._.... 89, 94, 97, 99, 149, 185, 199 



184 



102 



i>yeV,1b:d ward ' K . '. '/.'.'. '.'.". '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'/.".".'.'.'. .'. Y.Y.Y.Y. ... 202 



Dver, E. H 202,204 



Dyer, E. H. & Co 37, f" 



Digging and topping machines'.'.' .".' 



Eddy (N. M.) factory. 



,-|S. Ml. Kd 



(222) 



Expansion vs. domestic sugar 7-10 



Experiment before starting 127. 139 



Experiment stations, list of 128 



Factory : 



Capacity of , 137 



Close to beets 130 



Co-operative 135 



Cost of building 132-134 



Equipment in detail 37 



Factory contracts with growers 205-210 



How to build 132 



How to get 127 



Management 134 



Where and how to start 130 



Factories: 



Alvarado (Cat.) 32,43,109,172 



Bay City (Mich) 15, 198 



