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CONTENTS. 



Atomaria lineris . 

 Curculilo .... 



Silpha 



Altica oleraca ; Cassida ; Agriote 

 Noctua segetum ; habits 

 Destruction . . . ^ 



Hadena bassicae . 

 Diptera .... 



Diseases ; Dr. Montague's theory 

 Root attacked by the '* brown penetration" 

 Payen and Dumas' s investigations 

 Microscopical examination of diseased roots 

 Drainage ...... 



Racliitis ; hollowness of the beet . 



PART VI. 



Feeding Qualities of the Beet. 



Feeding qualities of the beet ..... 



Belgian manner of storing the beets when they are used for feeding pur- 

 poses ...... . . 



Feeding qualities of the pulp made directly from the beet 



Leduc's method of reducing the beet to a pulp by steam 



The amount of fermented mass to be fed to sheep 



The amount of fermented mass to be fed to an ox 



Pulp from sugar factories ...... 



Amount of pulp to be fed to an ox 



Pulp from distilleries ; farm and distilleries of Ferme de la Brichc 



Building of Cail & Co. where cattle are fed on distillery refuse ; pulp 

 from System Leplay, System Champonnois 



Basset's opinion of fermented pulp ...... 



Analysis of pulp; amount to be fed to a cow; Dr. Menrin's compara- 

 tive table of nourishing qualities of beet pulps .... 



Preservation of the pulp ........ 



Method of preservation at Ferme de la Briche .... 



Leduc's improvement upon fermentation of the pulp 



Feeding qualities of the leaves ....... 



Opinions of Dombasle, Boussingault, and Dumas; action upon the stom- 

 achs of animals ...... . . 



Index ........... 



