INDEX. 



317 



Florida, 48 



Flowers, fertilization of, 187 



of the beet, 185, 186 

 Fluctuation of the beet sugar industry 



in Europe, 25-40 

 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 42 

 Food for cattle, the Yellow Globe Man- 

 gel Wurzel, excellent, 65 

 Forces of nature, cheapness had by com- 

 mand over, xvii 

 Fossier, 171 



Franco-Allemande beet, 73 

 France, beet sugar made in, in 1812-13, 

 28 

 decline of the beet sugar industry 

 in, during the Restoration, 28, 29 

 early history of the beet sugar in- 

 dustry in, 27 

 estimates of cost of cultivation in, 



199 

 Germany and Belgium visited by 



the author, xiii 

 Germany, Austria, and Russia, su- 

 gar beet in, xv 

 production of beet sugar in, 1826- 



7«, 32-33 

 systems of rotation of crops in, 212, 



213 

 time for sowing in, 163 

 Frauds on the revenue, 50 

 Frederick the Great encourages Archard 

 in his investigations in regard to the 

 beet, 26 

 Freeport, Illinois, 42 

 Freezing of the beets, 258 

 French soils, analysis of, 104 

 Fruit of the beet, 186, 187 

 Future crops that follow the beet, 58 



Gallicia, factory at, of Schuetzenback, 



36 ' 

 Gasparin, M., 169 

 Gasparin's idea of harvesting, 190 

 Gathering the beets upon the field, 228 

 Gennert Brothers, 41 

 German Beet Sugar Co., 41 



method in selecting of the mother 



beet, 177 

 Red Mangel Wurzel, 64 

 Germany and France, cost of cultivation 

 in, xxi 

 beet sugar in, 35-37 

 estimates of cost of cultivation in, 



200. 

 France, and Belgium, visited by the 



author, xiii 

 France, Austria, and Russia, sugar 

 beet industry in, xv 



Germany — 



principle for estimating value of 

 beets in, 202 

 Germination, xx, 155, 161 



activated by chloride of lime, 160 



by oxalic acid, 161 

 air necessary, 157 

 heat necessary, 157 

 light necessary, 157 

 number of degrees of heat neces- 

 sary, 159 

 Germinate, percentage that will not, 155 

 Globe jaune the best beet for transplant- 

 ing, 170 

 Mangel Wurzel, 65 

 Glucose, 48 

 Glucose, dextro-, 51 

 Grant, E. B., xii, 191, 192, 240 

 Green manures, xviii, 129 

 Green-top, 69 



Grignon, Ecole de, experiments at, on 

 the feeding qualities of the beet, 293- 

 294 

 Groguier, M., 294 

 Groven, M., experiments on depth for 



sowing, 164 

 Guano, xviii, 130 



and bones, mixture of, 130 

 eflfects of, 131 



Iladena bassicse, 280 



Harrow in cultivation in drills, 112 



Harvesting, 189-195 



cai-e, 191 



frequently done by contract, 200 



Gasparin's idea, 190 



manner of, hand and machinery, 191 



of beets, xxii 



qualities of colza-straw, 297 



separating the necks from the roots, 

 192 



Ware's idea, 194 

 Heat in germination, 157, 159-160, 175 



in silos, 240 



total required, 175 

 Heavy rains, 121 



Hereditary principles in plants and an- 

 imals, 176 

 Heteroderes, 277 

 Hill, shape of, 119 

 Hills, cultivation in, 117-122 



distance apart, 1 18 



inclination of, 118 

 History of the fluctuations in the beet 



sugar industry in Europe, 25-40 

 Hodgson's idea for transportation, 225, 



226 

 Hoe, mechanical, 121 



