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Results (Colorado Station), 30 



Results on Black Sand, 48 



Results of Three Years' Experiments in Michigan, 44 



Returns on Beets, 42 



Right Use of Hoe, 13 



Root System of Sugar-Beets, Illus., 1 1 



Row Irrigation of Sugar-Beets, California Experiment Station, Bulletin 



No. 176, 28 



Second Requisite, 7 



Showing Root System of Sugar-Beets and Great Extent of Feeding, 



California Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 176, 27 



Soils Hungry for Nitrogen, 24 



Soils Suitable for Cultivation, 7 



Sub-Soil, 8 



Sugar-Beets for Profit, 26 



Sugar-Beet Investigation by J. D. Towar, . . 43 



Sugar-Beet Investigations, 47 



Sugar-Beets Must be Ripe, 21 



Summary, 26 



Table of Fertilizer Experiments on Black Sand at Neapolis, Ohio, .... 47 



Table of Nitrate of Soda as Compared with Sulphate of Ammonia, . . 44 



Table Showing Prices of Nitrate of Soda on the Ammoniate Basis, .... 53 

 Table of Yields of Beets, Percentage of Sugar and Pounds of Sugar 



per Acre, 46 



The Beet, 34 



The Beet, and Leaf or Top, 33 



The Progress of the Beet Sugar Industry in America, from Report 



No. 80, United States Department of Agriculture, Page 175, ... 49 



Third Requisite, 8 



Time and Method of Application, 29 



Topping Beets, Illus., 39 



Types of Soil Not Restricted, 8 



Undesirable Types of Sugar-Beets, Illus., 17 



Use of Drill and Hoe, 12 



Use of Farm-yard Manure, 19 



Use of Nitrate of Soda on Sugar-Beets in Colorado, 35 



Use of Sieve or Screen for Breaking Lumps, 42 



Varieties, How to Select, 1 6 



Varying Types of Sugar-Beets, Illus., 32 



Warm Soil' Best, 26 



Weighing Samples in Nitrate Experiments, Illus., 41 



What Elements a Soil Needs to Grow Crops, 36 



What is Best for Sugar-Beets, 37 



What Returns to Expect, 42 



What the Michigan Authorities Say, 43 



When and How to Use Nitrate, 38 



Where and How to Use Nitrate, 38 



Will Nitrate Injure the Quality of the Beet or Soil, 38 



Without Nitrate the Profitable Cultivation Cannot be Carried On. ... 23 



Yields from Plots, 1/20 of an Acre, , 47 



