320 



INDEX. 



Peterman, Dr., experiments on distance 



for seeds, 166 

 Fhenic acid, 161 



Philadelphia, attempt to form a beet su- 

 gar company in, 1830, 41 

 Phosphate, mineral, 137 



of ammonia, experiments 'with, 161 

 of lime, basic, 186 

 of lime, percentage, 136 

 uniting of, with manure, 137 

 Phosphates, 83 

 Phosphoric acid, xix, 128 



fertilizer, 135 

 Phytomyzides, 280 

 Pied-chaud, 290 



Pierre, J. I., experiments of, 93, 97 

 Plant, appearance of, when the leaves 

 have attained full growth, 

 116 

 when thinning out can com- 

 mence, 116 

 Planting, xx 



Plants, composition of, 126 

 Ploughs, xvii 



in cultivation in drills, 112 

 Polariscope, 51 



manner of using, for beet analysis, 

 204 

 Portable track and porteur of Corbin, 



216-218 

 Porteur, Decauville, 220 

 Portland, Maine, beet sugar factory at, 



43 

 Position of seeds that are planted, 165 

 Potash plants, 211 



Potassa in beets planted in Italy, 138 

 Potassic fertilizers, xix, 137 

 Precautions in harvesting, 191 

 Precipitated phosphate of lime, 136 

 Preparation of the soil, 110-122 

 Preservation of the juice, 259 

 of the leaves, 259 

 of the pulp, 307-311 

 of the sugar beet, 258 

 Prevention of loss of sugar, 240-242 

 Prices for beets, 167 

 Production and improvement of the sugar 

 beet, 176-188 

 per capita in Belgium, 38 

 Proportional area to be planted in a ro- 

 tation, 213 

 Provin's idea for transportation, 226-232 

 Prussians, interest of, in the beet sugar 



industry, 35 

 Prussian soils, analysis of, 102-103 

 Pulp, analysis of, 306 



at Paris Exposition, 308 

 composition of, 301-302 



Pulp- 

 directly from the beet, feeding qual- 

 ities of, 297-301 

 feeding qualities of, 297 

 from distilleries, 303-307 



of the system Leplay, 307 

 from the sugar factories, 301-303 

 Leduc's method for reducing the 



beet to, 297-300 

 method of preserving, at Ferme de 



la Briche, 308, 309 

 preservation of, 307-311 

 use of for feeding purposes, xxii 

 Pulps, comparative values of, 306 



Qualities of beets in Russia, 39 

 Quotient de purete in the estimation of 

 the value of the beet, 205 



Kachitis, 290 

 Rain, effects of, 174 

 Red Beet, or Red Castelnaudary, 63 

 Castelnaudary, 63 

 Globe Mangel Wnrzel, 65 

 Mangel Wnrzel, 64 

 Oval Mangel Wnrzel, 65 

 Resemblance of the seed of mangel wnr- 

 zel to sugar beet, 154 

 Results of using in large quantities 

 phosphate of soda, 145 

 which would be produced by the in- 

 troduction of the sugar beet in- 

 dustry in the United States, 53- 

 62 

 with barnyard manure, 141 

 Revenue from sugar in the United States, 



61 

 Road locomotive, 215 

 Roller used, 115-118 

 Rollers, when to be used in sowing, 171 

 Rolling of seed, 158 



in plaster, 160 

 Roman Empire, 123 



silos, 237 

 Ronaldson, James, 41 

 Root, appearance of, when the leaves 



have attained full growth, 116 

 Roots, analysis of, 92, 93 



manner of growth, 120 

 Rose-top, 69, 70 

 Rotation of crops, xx, 207-213 

 in United States, 267 

 system of, adopted for a given 

 soil, 209 

 Rubidium, 83 

 Russia, beet sugar in, 39 



France, Austria, and Germany, beet 

 sugar industry in, xv 



