Index 
Sugar-beet: — Continued 
seed: — Continued 
quality, indications of, 112. 
sources of, 215. 
time to plant, 113. 
yield and profit, 229, 230. 
soil, selection of, 71. 
tops, 158-168. 
composition of, 159, 160. 
hay from, 162. 
methods of feeding, 161, 162. 
silage from, feeding of, 166-168. 
siloing, 163-166. 
types of, 219. 
webworm, 190. 
Sugar-beets : 
and root tips, feeding of, 176. 
a profitable crop, 2. 
area raised in: 
different countries, 326. 
each state of U. S., 322. 
blocking and thinning, 117-122. 
botanical grouping, 22. 
bring national independence, 257. 
capital required to raise, 48. 
cash crop, 4. 
climatic adaptation, 37-43. 
commercial fertilizer for, 77-81. 
cost of production, 231-249. 
early history of, 8. 
economic conditions for grow- 
ing, 44. 
effect of irrigation on, 137-144. 
farm manure for, 82. 
fit in with grain production, 4. 
furnish much stock feed, 4. 
help weed problem, 4. 
importance of stand to yield, 115. 
increase yield of other crops, 4. 
in U.S., first, 16. 
irrigation of, 126-144. 
labor problem of, 45. 
origin of, 22. 
plant food requirements of, 74. 
quality in, 205-212. 
relation to soil, 54, 55. 
rotations for, 88. 
341 
Sugar-beets: — Continued 
soil adaptation, 43. 
stabilize agriculture, 251. 
time to plow for seed-bed, 106. 
transportation requirements, 49. 
water requirements, 131-133. 
yield per acre: 
different countries, 326. 
of states of U. 8., 322. 
Sugar Bounty Act of 1890, favor- 
able effect, 19. 
Sugar-cane, 268-274. 
adaptation of, 270. 
cultural methods, 272. 
description and varieties, 269. 
extraction of sugar from, 274. 
harvesting, 273. 
in: 
Brazil, 7. 
Cuba, 8. 
Cyprus, 7. : 
Euphrates Valley, 7. 
Guadeloupe, 8. 
Island of San: Domingo, 8. 
Louisiana, 8. 
Martinique, 8. 
Mexico, 8. 
Persia, 7. 
Sicily, 7. 
Spain, 7. 
Tigris Valley, 7. 
introduced into Europe, 7. 
production of the warld, 330. 
soils and manuring, 271. 
yield of, 274. 
Sunlight, effect on beet growing, 40. 
Sweet of beets first recorded by 
Oliver de Serres, 9. 
Taring beets at receiving station, 
156. 
Temperature adaptation of beets, 
Temperature of soil, 63. 
Texture of soils, 59, 60. 
Theophrastus on sugar, 7. 
Thermal adaptation of beets, 37. 
