INDEX. 



Agricultural experiment stations, list of 128 



Alameda sugar company 32, 43, 109, 172 



Alkali land for beets 172 



Allen, president, K. M 43, 120 



Alvarado (Cal.) factory 32,43, 109, 172 



American beet sugar manufacturers' ass'n 34 



American sugar refining company 



American tool and machine company 161 



Armsby, director ." 156 



Author's preface V 



Batteries for building 157,163,186 



Bauer, chief engineer 178 



Bay City (Mich.) factory 15, 198 



Beet forms illustrated: 



badly trimmed 101 



cross section 76, 137 



mat u re beet 103 



poorly shaped 75 



properly trimmed 101 



typical 32, 75, 77, 183 



Beet growers, contracts wit h 2(15-21(1 



Beet growers, actual experiences of 12.M25 



Beet growing: 



alkali lands for 172 



a profitable crop 10, 120 



climatic conditions 73 



contracts with growers 205-210 



cost of growing 119-125, 183-188 



cross-section of beet 76, 137 



culture, mistaken ideas In 171, 191 



drying beets 107 



farmers' experiences in raising 122-125 



first efforts 31 



harvesting 100-103, 151, 180 



hauling to factory 102 



irrigation H6-100, 191 



moisture, how lost from beets 103 



payment to labor 125 



payment to fanners for beets . 44, 48, 200 



pests of the beet 112-114 



plant close together 90 



price of bee Is 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, 117, 151 



thinning and hoeing 92,95,%, 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 IHi 



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



Beet seed growers, professional 116 



Beet seed process of Dippe Bros 116 



Beet seed production 114-118,1% 



Beet suirar : 



advantages of the Industry 136 



brilliant opening for capital 136 



cautions to beginners 137-140 



how made 4o 



expenses ami proceeds 120, 121 



production (by years) 3! 



qualitv 40 



world's production ' 



Beet sugar Industry, advantages of 1, 136 



Beet sugar, labor in producing 12. 



Beet sugar factory, how to build 132 



Beet sugar production, economics of: 



Congress recognized possibilities 2 



Dlngley tariff 



Domestic sugar vs. expansion 7-IJ 



Hawaiian imposition 13 



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 



(212) 



Beet sugar statistics : 



Chino 48 



General 1, 120, 121 



Nebraska 54 



New York 62 



United States 2,7,15 



Utah 58 



Watsonville 44 



IMnghamton (N. Y.) factory 144 



Bounty: 



Federal 199,200 



Foreign 198 



State 52.198 



Bruner, Entomologist Lawrence 113 



Buildings, beet sugar, illustrated: 



Alvarado 33,173 



Bay City 15 



caro 153 



Chino 45 



Grand Island 53 



La Grande 57 



Lehl 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 ind-jstry : 



Alameda sugar company 32, 43. 109, 172 



Chino factory 44-50,55, 175 



Cost of growing beets 119-125, 18,1-188 



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 i hat want factories 42 



Sugar factories in the U. S H2 



Chino licet growers' union 48 



Chino (Cal.) 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 



Crystallizers 37, 163 



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



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



Davenport, Prof 156 



Dethlefsen Bros 184 



Digging and topping machines 102 



Dlngley tariff 2, 3 



D ver, Edward F 202 



Dyer, K. H ' 202,204 



Dyer, E. H. & Co S7. 50 



Kc'ldy (N. M.) factory 58.60. 69 



Kinery , Director 166 



Expansion vs. domestic sugar 7-10 



Experiment before starting 127, 13fl 



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 (Cal.) 32,43, 109, 172 



Bay City (Mich) 15, 198 



