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ANY considerable work dealing with the selection, culture, and manuring of sugar-beet is certain to arouse interest in England, now that our own sugar-growing industry is developing with such great speed. In some six years our area under the crop has increased from about 8000 to 126,000 acres, and even those farmers who have been growing it since the starting of the Cantly factory in 1910 must confess to a considerable ignorance of the principles underlying the cultivation and manuring of it. Recently, many inquiries on the subject have been addressed to the various centres of agricultural teaching and research, and there has been some difficulty in obtaining trustworthy .
Handbuch der Zuckerrümboues.
Unter Mitwirkung von Dr. A. Schamburg. Bearbeitet von Prof. Dr. Theory of Roemer. Pp. v + 366 + 8 Tafein. (Berlin: Paul Parey, 1927.) 19 gold marks.
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H., C. Handbuch der Zuckerrümboues . Nature 120, 722–723 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120722a0
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