TABLE OF CONTENTS. V 



CHAPTER VI Pages 122 to 152 



Agricultural Soils for Beet-Seed Production — Fertilizers 

 for Elite Seed and Mothers — Sowing of Seed for Mothers 

 — Preparing the Soil, Planting of Mothers and Care Dur- 

 ing Development — Relation Between Soils and Fertili- 

 zers — Harvesting — Silos for Mothers — Chemical Changes 

 During Second Tear's Growth. 



CHAPTER VH Pages 153 to 169 



Selection and Sampling Seed — Preliminary Remarks — 

 Influence of the Size of Seed on the Quality of the Root — 

 Actual Weight of Beet Seed — Selection of Seed. 



CHAPTER VIII Pages 170 to 183 



Germination Test — Preliminary Remarks — Germinators, 

 Methods and Mistakes. 



CHAPTER IX Pages 184 to 207 



Sowing of Seed — Preparing Seed Before Sowing — Beet 

 Seed Sowing — Germination in Soil. 



CHAPTER X Pages 208 to 220 



Special Methods of Production of Superior Seed — From 

 Leaves, Buds, Small Beets. 



CHAPTER XI Pages 221 to 236 



Home-Grown Beet — American Experiments in Beet-Seed 

 Production — Utah Beet-Seed Production — Saxon Methods 

 for Field Testing of Beet Seed. 



CHAPTER XII Pages 237 to 246 



Beet- Seed Production in France — Conditions of Beet Seed 

 Purchase in Different Countries — Old Seed Utilization. 



APPENDIX Pages 247 to 264 



Notes, Names and Addresses of the Leading French, 

 German, Austrian and Russian Sugar-Beet-Seed Pro- 

 ducers. List of Illustrations. Index. 



