THE 



SUGAR BEET5: 



INCLUDING A 



HISTORY OF THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY 

 IN EUROPE, 



VARIETIES OF THE SUGAR BEET, EXAMINATION, SOILS, TILLAGE, 



SEEDS AND SOWING, YIELD AND COST OF CULTIVATION, 



HARVESTING, TRANSPORTATION, CONSERVATION, 



FEEDING QUALITIES OF THE BEET 



AND OF THE PULP, ETC. 



BY 



LEWIS S. WARE, C.E., M.E., 



FELLOW OF L'ficOLE CENTRALE DES ARTS, AGRICULTURE, ET MANUFACTURES, 

 PARIS ; MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 



ILLUSTRATED BY NINETY ENGRAVINGS. 



PHILADELPHIA : 

 HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO., 



INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND IMPORTERS, 



810 WALNUT STREET. 



1880. 



