Contents xl 
PAGES 
Water requirements of beets, 131 
Time to apply water, 133 
Size of irrigation, 136 
Relation of irrigation to size, a and id of beets, 137 
Drainage. 3 ; ° 144 
Reasons for daring: 144 
Effects of drainage, 145 
Kinds of drains, 146 
Installing the drainage system, 147 
CHAPTER XI 
HARVESTING . : 4 z : 3 : : . 148-157 
Time of harvest . ‘ ‘ ‘ és ‘ A P 148 
Digging z A 3 i : , z 151 
Topping é 5 z . . 7 : J 152 
Mechanical famjeste ‘ ‘ F - : F F 154 
Hauling : ; : : : ‘ . : 5 155 
Siloing . : 7 ; . : ‘ . A . 157 
CHAPTER XII 
By-PRODUCTS . : - ‘ 3 : é - . 158-183 
Sugar-beet tops. ' ee ee 158 
Composition of the tops, 159 
Feeding and storing tops, 161 
Soiling beet tops, 163 
Use of beet silage, 166 
Sugar-beet pulp . : a: : : F F : 168 
Uses of beet pulp, 169 
Waste sugar-beets and root-tips . - ‘ . 5 176 
Sugar-beet molasses. % os Oe 177 
Waste lime and minor by- peeduitts 3 ‘ - r 181 
