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INDEX. 



Page 

 Pulp rasps, 91 



Pulp, Weighing of, 93 



Rasps, Pulp, 91 



Roots, Number per acre, 132 

 Sach's method of testing- 

 mothers, 104 

 Sampling apparatus, 105 

 Sampling, Different methods 

 of, 96 

 How the work is done, 109 

 Seed, Actual weight of, 157 

 Always plant the best, 153 

 American experiments in 

 producing, 222-236 

 American vs. Foreign, 230 

 Amount per acre, 191 

 Appearance of, 22 

 Best soil for, 122-125 

 Botanical examination of, 17 

 By the grafting method, 216 

 Chemical composition of, 

 22-25 

 Chemical examination of, 

 18-19 

 Color and order of, 162 

 Composition of. 151 

 Cost of producing in Amer- 

 ica, 234 

 Depth of covering, 132 

 Depth of planting, 206 

 Detailed description of, 16 

 Development of, 12-15 

 Distance of planting, 132 

 Embryo, how fertilized, 

 12-15 

 Field methods of testing, 

 231 

 From annual beets, 3S-43 

 From buds, 212-217 

 From small mothers, 209 

 From vertical slices, 220 

 Germination in the soil, 197 

 Germination of, 203-206 

 Germinating power affected 

 by heat, 170-171 

 Germinating power affected 

 by moisture, . 171-172 

 Germinating power of, ]70 

 Germinators, 174-183 

 Great variation in. 32-33 

 Grown under government 

 supervision, 221 

 Growers, Information about, 

 247-262 

 Growing tests by Dr. Wiley. 

 223-224 

 Hand-sowing best, 131 

 Home grown, 221-222 



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' How to produce good, 37 



Importance of good, 27 



Improvement by selection. 



Impurities in, ''"^^"I'ci 



Influence of size, 1°* 



Laws in European coun- 

 tries, ^*0 

 Large the best, 1^'''^5^ 

 Maturity of, ^'- 

 Microscopical examination 

 of, 18 

 Moisture of, 164-165 

 Number to be tested, 182-183 

 Preliminary sprouting 1898, 

 189 

 Preparation for sowing, 

 184-197 

 Producing superior, 208 

 Production in Europe, 237 

 Production in Prance, 

 237-245 

 Production in Utah, 227-2?.'i 

 Sampling, n?,, 153-169 

 Selection by chemical analy- 

 ses, 161-162 

 Selecting laboratory, 23." 

 Shelling, 143-144 

 Size of, _ 245 

 Soaking before sowing, 185 

 Sowing for mothers, 131 

 Tests in California, 230 

 Time for development, 145 

 Treating with chemicals, 

 185-190 

 Utilize old beet, 238-239 

 Varieties of, 47, 56, 236 

 When ripe, 13S 

 When to sow, 190 

 Yield of, 145 

 Seed drills, 193 

 Silos for mothers, 145-149 

 Soil, Advantages of uniform, 

 124-125 

 Best for beets, 26 

 Best for seed, 122-125 

 Relations to fertilizers, 129 

 Sugar, Determination of, 



26, 85, 90, 7S, 121 



Estimation of, 77, 84 



Increase in, 5 



Tests by experiment stations. 



225-226 



Vilmorin, 236 



Wanzleben, 236 



Wiley, Dr., Seed growing tests 



by, 223-224 



