INDEX 
Alkali, Black..... 
effects of... 
effect on ash and albuminoids. 
effect on beets and leaves. 
effect on sugar. 
effect on purity. 
effect on time of maturing. . 
White. 
Alkalized soils. 
improved mechanical condition needed 
Altitude. 
American grown vs. imported seed. 
Ash, composition in 1899 . 
decrease with maturation. 
distribution of. 
influence of alkali on. 
of beet, composition. 
of leaves, composition. 
of immature beets. 
percentage of... 
Average crop. 
at Eddy, N. M., 1897. 
at Grand Island, Neb., 1897 . 
at Lehi, Utah, 1897 . 
at Norfolk, Neb., 1897 . 
Bulletins issued'byi Colorado Experiment Station. 
Bulletin No. 7... 
No. 11. 
No. 14. 
No. 21. 
No. 36. 
No. 42. 
No. 46. 
No. 51. 
No. 58. 
Climate of Colorado adapted to beet culture. 
Colorado divided into five sections.. 
Colorado well adapted to beet culture. 
Conclusions relative to culture. 
Conditions at Lehi, Utah. 
Cost of growing. 
at Grand Island, Neb. 
at Lehi, Utah. 
at Norfolk, Neb. 
Crop, effect of number of irrigations. 
Crowns, sugar in. 
Crude fiber. 
Cultivation, effect on phosphoric acid and ash. 
proper . 
time to begin. 
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