vi Preface 
ing sugar-beets, to agriculturists of the sugar companies, 
and to students of sugar-beets in agricultural colleges as 
a text. Those who do not find in the volume sufficient 
information for their needs will find references to additional 
material in Appendix A. 
The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to 
the many individuals who have been helpful in the work 
of preparing the manuscript. He is under special obli- 
gation to Prof. George Stewart, Dr. E. G. Titus, Mr. J. W. 
Jones, Dr. G. R. Hill, Jr., Prof. G. B. Hendricks, Dr. 
George Thomas, Dr. W. E. Carroll, Prof. O. W. Israelsen, 
Mr. D. W. Pittman, Prof. H. R. Hagan, Prof. M. H. 
Greene, Mr. L. A. Moorhouse, Dr. M. C. Merrill, Mr. 
W. K. Winterhalter, Mr. H. Mendelson, Mr. A. M. 
McOmie, Mr. J. A. Brock, Dr. N. Kopeloff, Dr. C. O. 
Townsend, Mr. Truman G. Palmer, Dr. E. D. Ball, Dr. 
O. E. Baker, and Mr. W. H. Wallace, who have read 
chapters and offered valuable suggestions; to Mrs. F. 8. 
Harris, Mr. kK. B. Sauls, Miss O. Blanche Condit, and 
Miss Carrie Thomas for assistance in preparing the ma- 
terial for publication and in proof-reading; and to the 
various sugar companies who have furnished photographs, 
statistics, and other valuable material. He wishes to 
make particular mention of the assistance rendered by 
Mr. N. J. Butt, who did much laborious work on the 
literature and helped in collecting statistics and preparing 
diagrams. 
F. S. Harris. 
Logan, Utan, 
Oct. 1, 1918. 
