Show SUGAR BEETS IN AMERICA there has lust just appeared from the press of the macmillan company of 0 new york a book entitled sugar beets in america written by a utah man dr F S harris director and agronomist of the utah agricultural experiment station the book is one of Mac rural science series edited by dr L I 1 11 bailey formerly of corneli cornel university dr karris Is probably one of the best informed men on the question of sugar beets from an agricot agricultural standpoint in the country he is a graduate of cornell university and for or several years has been conducting extensive experiments on various sugar beet problems among the most important Is his work on the irrigation of sugar beets suar beet breeding and the commercial production of sugar beet seed besides his own work lie he has visited every important I 1 beet producing section of the united states and lias has made a study of 0 their methods and problems dr harris Is also a trained agronomist in other lines since he has been at the experiment peri ment station lie he has completed experiments on and rotations soil moisture alkali and the irrigation of oats wheat and potatoes which have proved to be ot of great benefit to the farmers of utah from this vast fund ot of information sugar beets in america was prepared the book la is written in a very practical way being intended primarily for farmers and agriculturists as I 1 indicated by such subjects as soils and rotations preparation of seedbed seed bed and planting posts and diseases and cost of 0 producing beets students of the subject however wilt will find it none the less interesting since it contains a very complete bibliography and three appendices containing many valuable statistics several chapters are devoted le voted to such subjects as general view of the industry development of the tha sugar beet industry the sugar beet plant conditions for growing sugar beets sugar beet raising and community welfare sugar making malan sugar cane products byproducts by and worlds u use se and supply kiy of sugar A special feature ot of the book Is the large number of illustrations trat ions collected by dr harris from all the sugar beet producing areas of the united states it contains pages including 32 plates andt anda a number ot of charts maps and diagrams which add much to the practical value ol of the book the author of sugar beets beeta in america is by no means an inexperienced writer there haying having re recently appeared from his pen two books principles of agronomy which is being used as an agronomy text by practically all high schools of the west and the young man and his vocation tv n which has recently been added to the list of books being distributed tri buted to the united states expeditionary forces by the american albra library ry association tits his latest contribution trib ution sugar beets in america is easily the most authoritative and practical treatise on sugar beet production j that has yet been written |