Xll INTRODUCTION. 



was attempted ; and various articles were written for 

 the technical and daily papers either by the author 

 himself or by others who had received information 

 directly from him ; and finally the coi-respondence be- 

 came such that to attend to it would have consumed 

 more time than he was able to give to it. It was then 

 suggested that the entire subject should be written up 

 and published in book form, where the manufacture 

 of sugar as well as the various appliances should be 

 given. The data which had previously been collected, 

 with practical experience in planting and experiment- 

 ing, were to be made use of. There were no authors 

 to consult in the English language, and this fact was 

 an additional inducement to publish such a book. It 

 is true that Mr. E. B, Grant had written a small vol- 

 ume, giving a few interesting details pertaining to 

 beet culture, in which some special lands in the West- 

 ern States were recommended. 



In England a book by Professor Crookes had ap- 

 peared upon the Manufacture of Beet Sugar; but this 

 was more upon the various mechanical and chemical 

 details, with but little upon the culture of the beet 

 itself. On the other hand, in French and German 

 there existed a number of books pertaining to the 

 manufacture of sugar, etc., where also some few 

 minor agricultural principles were given. It would 

 have been easy for the present writer to have made a 

 translation from one of these, assuming the facts as 

 authentic, without giving himself the trouble to test 



