UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 721 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
November 22, 1918 
THE BEET-SUGAR INDUSTRY IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
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By 
C. O. TOWNSEND, Pathologist in Charge, 
Office of Sugar -Plant Investigations 
CONTENTS 
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Beet-Sugar Mills in the United States . 1 
Soil 6 
Subsoil . o . = . . . . 7 
Topography ........... 8 
Climate . ..... . 10 
Sugar-Beet Stand . IS 
Water . . . 18 
Drainage ...» ....... . 21 
Seepage .. ' „ \. •« •'«,-.. . 23 
Fertility ......... . " . . . . 25 
Crop Rotation . 29 
Competing Crops ......... 31 
Farm Equipment . . . . » o . . . 35 
Beet By-Products and Live Stock . , 
Labor Problems . . . . „ . . . . 
The Successful Grower .....'., 
Diseases ......... c . 
Insects i 
By-Products ........... 
Roads ............ 
Contracts . . . , , 
Area Competition . 53 
Sugar-Beet Seed 54 
Other Publications of the United States 
Department of Agriculture Relating to 
Sugar and Beet-Sugar Production . . 55 
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WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
