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INDEX. 



Beet- 

 chemical examination of, 80-84 



conservation of, 237-262 



culture, greatest difiBculty in intro- 

 ducing in America, 59 



Dervaux, 73 



distance in planting the roots of, 

 165-168 



effects of guano on the, 131 



examination of, xvi, 74-90 



feeding qualities of, 293-312 



first suggestions as to yielding al- 

 cohol, 25 



flowers of, 185, 186 



for manufacture of sugar, 63 



Franco-AUemande, 73 



fruit of, 186, 187 



Imperiale, 67, 68 



Improved Carter, 73 



Improved Vilmorin, 70, 71 



leaves of, 91-99 



Magdeburg, 67, 72 



matured, 193 



red, 63 



root sugar, work on, by Professor 

 Crookes, xii 



root, work on, by E. B. Grant, xii, 

 191, 192, 240 



saccharine changes in, 185 



seed of, 152 



shape of, 87-90 



soil required by, 106 



structure of, 74-90 



sugar can compete with sugar of 

 Cuba, 60 

 ^ sugar, education in the manufacture 

 of, in France in 1812, 28 



sugar factory, early, near Steinau, 

 26 



sugar factories in France, where lo- 

 cated, 34 



sugar in, 84-87 



in Austria, 37-38 

 in Belgium, 38 

 in Germany, 35-37 

 in Holland^ 39 

 in Russia, 89 



sugar industry, attempts to intro- 

 duce, in the United 

 States, 41-44 

 in Europe, 25-40 



sugar industry, results which would 

 follow from its introdnction into 

 the United States, 53-62 



sugar, production and consumption 

 of, in Europe, 1877-8, 40 



sugar, production of, in France, 

 1826-78, 32-33 



Beet— 



sngar, production of, in ZoUverein, 



1836-65, 37 

 sngar, taxation of, in France, 29, 



«0, 31 

 taken to Bohemia by the Barbarians, 



25 

 Toilet, 73 

 varieties of, 63-73 

 White Silesian, 67, 68 

 Green-top, 69 

 Rose-top, 70 

 White Sugar, Grayish-top, 70, 71 

 Yellow, 63 



zone and leaves of, 77 

 Beets, advantages of raising, 57 

 arrival of, Porvin's idea, 230 

 density of, 179-180 

 gathering, 228 

 mother, S. Legrand on, 183 

 profitable way for manufacturer to 



pay for, 202 

 starting, Provin's idea, 229 

 types of, created by Simon Legrand, 



73 

 value of, 202-206 

 various types of, xvi 

 Belgium, beet sugar in, 38 

 farmers of, 161 

 France, and Germany visited by the 



author, xiii 

 principles proposed in, for paying 



for beets, 208 

 stable in, 295-296 

 taxation of sugar in, 38 

 Betaine, 81 

 Bettrave dit Dervaux, 73 



dit Toilet, 73 

 Black Hawk, Wisconsin, 42 

 Blanche de Pologne, 68 

 Blandain, Belgium, spontaneous com- 

 bustion at, 134 

 Bohemia, beets taken to, byBarbarians,25 

 Boiling the leaves, 262 

 Bonestel and Otto, 42 

 Books in French and German on beet 



sugar, xii 

 Boussiogault, M., on the use of leaves 

 for food, 312 

 on the value of beets as food for 

 animals, 294-295 

 " Bouteuse" sugar beet, 76 

 Bresleau sugar beet, 68 

 Bretschneider, M., 77 

 Broadcast, sowing, 169 

 Brombrisky, Compte de, 254 

 Brown penetration, 283-289 

 remedy for, 289 



