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CONTENTS. 



Vilmorin's method ...... ... 



Mehay's experiments ; Dervaux's idea ....... 



Mr. WalkliotF's views : selection of roots by Deprez & Co. ; Viollette's 

 views and tests ........... 



Simon Lcgrand's idea; WalkhofF's views ...... 



Saccharine changes in the roots ; the flowers ...... 



The fruit 



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CHAPTER VI. 



Harvesting. 

 Time for harvesting ..... 

 Methods of harvesting, machine, hand pulling 



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CHAPTER VII. 



Yield and Cost of Cultivation. 



Estimates of Payen . . . , . . . . . .198 



Farms in the arrondissement of Cambrai . . . . . .199 



German estimates .......... 200 



WalkhofF's figures of cost in Russia; the author's experience in New 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania ......... 201 



Value of beets 202 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Rotation of Crops. 



Importance of a rational rotation of crops 

 Experience the best guide for the rotation of crops 

 Rotation practiced in France .... 



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PART lY. 



CHAPTER I. 



General Considerations on Economical Transportation- 

 Decauville, Provin, Linard, etc. 



Duffrin6 Brothers' road locomotives .... 



Corbin's idea .....'... 



Decauville's idea ........ 



Porteur Decauville ... ... 



Civieres for transportation of beets .... 



Building of a silo near the main tract — System Decauville 

 Linard' s idea ........ 



Aerial transportation ; Hodgson's idea .... 



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