Map showing the probable areas suited to beet culture / prepared by Dr. H.W. Wiley, Washington, D.C., March 25, 1898.

Map of the continental United States showing an area in which successful cultivation of sugar beets was deemed likely to be possible. Shows sugar factories in operation, buildings for the crops of 1898 and 1899, rainfall, and temperature.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: United States. Department of Agriculture
United States. Congress House
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Norris Peters Co (Lithographer)
Other Authors: Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930 (Cartographer)
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : [Government Printing Office], [1898]
Edition:[United States congressional serial set edition].
Series:House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 55th Congress, 2nd session, no. 396.
Subjects:
Sugar beet > United States > Maps.
Sugar factories > United States > Maps.
Sugar beet industry > United States > Maps.
Beet sugar industry > United States > Maps.
Land capability for agriculture > United States > Maps.
Rain and rainfall > United States > Maps.
United States > Climate > Maps.
United States > Maps.
Maps.
Genre:
Maps.
Physical Description:1 map : color ; 44 x 71 cm.
Cartographic Data:Scale approximately 1:7,000,000
(W 124°50ʹ--W 66°53ʹ/N 49°23ʹ--N 24°23ʹ).
Format: Map

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