322 



INDEX. 



Substitution of soda for potassa, 138 

 Sugnr and saline elements, 181 



annual import of, into the United 



States, XV, 53 

 beet, conseryation of, 237-262 



of to-day, 25 

 consumption of, in the United States, 



1860-76, 46 

 countries from which imported into 



the United States, 47 

 factories in France turned into dis- 

 tilleries, 30 

 pulp from, 301-303 

 frauds on the revenue, 50 

 from corn-stalks, 48 

 high percentage of, 66 

 industry in the United States, 45-62 

 in the beet, 84-87, 128 

 in the roots, paying for, xxi 

 land levees, 69 



lands of the United States, where 



they are mainly situated, 49 



value of, in the United States, 



49 



large imports of, into the United 



States, 45 

 maple, 47 



of beets, loss of, 238-240 

 percentage of, in dififerent beets, 64- 



73 

 production of, in the United States, 

 47, 50 

 Sugars, classification of, 50 

 Sulphate of ammonia, 135, 145 

 Sulphate of zinc, 161 

 Sulphates, 82 

 Superphosphate of lime, 136 



to activate germination, 160 



Tannin, 81 



use in beet estimation, 265 

 Taxation for the building of levees, 49 

 of beet sugar in Austria, 38 

 in Belgium, 38 

 in France, 29, 30, 31 

 in Germany, 36 

 in Holland, 39 

 in Russia, 39 

 Taxes on sugar in the United States, 61 

 Temperature in degrees necessary for 

 germination, 159 

 freezing, in preservation of the beet, 

 258 

 Test, chemical, disadvantages of, 182 



for the age of seed by boiling, 159 

 Texas, 48 



Thiers, M., services of, in saving the 

 beet sugar industry of France, 30 



Thinning out, 113 



device for, 117 

 Tillage, 110-122 

 Tobacco crop in Lancaster County, Pa., 



56 

 Toilet beet, 73 



Transparent zones in thje beet, 84 

 Transplanting, 169, 170 



Koechlin's experiments, 170 

 Transportation, aerial, 225-232 



advantages of dififerent plans of, 235, 



236 

 Corbin's portable track and porteur, 

 216-218 

 wagon locomotive, 215 

 Decauville's idea, 218-224 

 DufFrin6 Brothers, road locomotive, 



215 

 economical, 215-236 

 Hodgson's idea for, 225, 226 

 Linard's idea for, 224-225, 232-235 

 Trovin's idea for, 226-232 



Underground pipes for juice, 232-235 

 United States, annual imports of sugar 

 into, XV 

 attempts to introduce in, beet sugar 



industry, 41-44 

 consumption of sugar in, 1860-76, 



46 

 results which would follow from the 

 introduction of the beet sugar in- 

 dustry, 53-62 

 rotation in, 213 

 soil of, adapted to the beet culture, 



xxiv 

 sugar industry in, xv, 45-62 

 Urine, sprinkling the seed with, before 



sowing, 160 

 Utilization of the waste products of the 

 factory, 139 



Valenciennes, France, agricultural pro- 

 ducts of, 61 

 Value of beets, 202-206 



of cane sugar lands in the United 

 States, 49 

 Variation in the cost of cultivation, 197 

 Varieties of the beet, 63-73 

 Vascular tissue, 286 

 Vaughn, John, 41 

 Vegetation, changes during, 173 

 Ventilation, good, in silo, 253 



want of, 240 

 Ventzke method for estimating the quali- 

 ties of beets, 204 

 Ville, George, analysis of barnyard ma- 

 nure, 127 



