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INDEX. 



Beef — cont. 



United States, cattle industry III., 257 



Exports VI., 75 



„ to United Kingdom VII., 372 



Ideal type of beef cattle ... ... IX., 96 



Industry IX., 387 



Beer : 



Barley substitutes and the excise duty III., 305 



Duty on ... Y., 121 



Materials used in brewing ... VI., 120 



Production and consumption IV., 532 



Return of malt and substitutes used in manufacture ... IX., 123 



Germany, production and export at Hamburg VI., 391 



„ „ „ „ of Bavaria IV., 485 



Bees (see also Honey, Wax) : 



Beekeeping on farms X., 468 



statistics in Ireland ... I., 359 ; II., 226, 466 ; IV., 266, 



383 ; VII., 384, 529 ; VIII., 

 268, 547 ; IX., 547. 



Experiments with IX., 79 



Foul brood or bee pest ... ... III., 132 ; IX., 223 



Australia : — 



South Australia ... ... ... ... ... ... II., 48 



Victoria VIII., 91 



Western Australia, diseases of bees ... VII., 97 



Belgium, number of hives, 1895 V., 477 



Co-operative societies VI., 24 



Canada, number of colonies in Ontario, 1898 V., 533 



Germany, bee-keeping statistics IX., 242 



Hungary ... ... ... ... ... * ... ... ... VII., 96 



Russia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... II., 1 



Servia ... II., 346 



Switzerland, number of hives ... 1886, III., 74; 1896, III., 173; 



1901, VIII., 526. 



United States, production of honey and wax - ... IX., 107 



Beetles. See Insects. 



Beet : Beet and mangel rust' I., 203 



Manuring ... ... IX., 473 



Prices. See Vegetables, Prices. 



Production in Ireland ... III., 85 



Sugar beet as food for sheep ... IX., 225 



,, „ experiments in Great Britain VI., 45 



„ „ industry on the continent II., 292 ; III., 14 



Australia, sugar beet industry ... ... ... ... ... IV., 377 



Belgium, area and production, 1895 V., 474 



„ „ „ of sugar beet, 1900 IX., 105 



Production 1897, IV., 392 ; 1898, V., 529 



Yield per acre of sugar beet ...1899, VI., 525 ; 1901, VIII., 399 



Chili, bounty on sugar beet = ... VI., 389 



Denmark II., 199 



Area... 1896, IV., 489 



Production ... 1895, III., 148 ; 1896, IV., 229 ; 1897, V., 221 ; 

 1900, VIII., 544. 



France, area, 1892 ... IV., 321 



Average production per acre ... . IV., 323 



Sugar beet cultivation ... IX., 108 



Germany, area and production, 1897 V., 405 



Sugar beet industry ... ... ... I., 85 



Holland, area under sugar beet, 1897 ... ... ... ... VI., 370 



Hungary, area ... ... ... ... ... ... ... IV., 482 



Italy, cultivation of sugar beet... VI., 492 ; IX., 255 



