UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 721 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



November 22, 1918 



THE BEET-SUGAR INDUSTRY IN THE 

 UNITED STATES 



By 



C. O. TOWNSEND, Pathologist in Charge, 

 Office of Sugar -Plant Investigations 



CONTENTS 



Beet-Sugar Mills In the United States 



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Subsoil 



Topography 



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Climate . . p 10 



Sugar-Beet Stand o c ...... . 13 



Water 18 



Drainage ...<,........ 21 



Seepage o..... 23 



FertUity 25 



Crop Botation 29 



Competing Crops 31 



Farm Equipment 35 



Beet By-Prodncts and Live Stock . . . 

 Labor Problen^s .^.cc..o.c 

 The Successful Grower . . ^ . . . . 

 Diseases ..ca..c..cco 



Insects ...C..C 



By-Products oo.co....o. 

 Roads .... o ... o ... c 

 Contracts ...^......c. 



Area Competition .o 



Sugar-Beet Seed ......<>». 



Other Publications of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture Relating to 

 Sugar and Beet-Sugar Production o . 



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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



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