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THE
COMPLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
manner,
and
not
to
use
the
seeds
of
degenerate
species
Experience
has
proved
the
Ureahy
heet-root
to
be
the
least
productive,
and
it
must
of
course
be
rejected
as
much
as
possible.
The
beet-root
thrives
in
mixed
soils
:
by
this
is
meant
such
as
are
not
too
mobile
nor
too
argil-
laceous,
neither
too
calcareous
nor
too
sandy.
The
soil
should
not be
too
damp
nor
too
dry.
It
grows
well
after
all
sorts
of
manures,
sparingly
distributed;
however,
strawy
manures and
the
stalling
of
herds
are
more
proper
for
it.
It
is
generally
sown
in
the
month
of April,
and
gathered
toward
the
end
of
September
or
beginning
of
October,
according
to
the
climate.
As
soon
as
the
beet-roots
are
drawn
out
of
the
ground,
they
are
necked
and
put
up
where
the
frost
cannot
injure
them,
in
cellars
or
in
pits
dug
four
or
five
feet
deep,
covered
after-
ward
with
a
layer
of
earth
from
one
to
one
and
a
half
foot
in
thickness.
Then
they
are
taken
as
wanted,
and
their
juice
is
expressed
by
means
of
a
rasp,
which
will
now
be
described;
this
being,
therefore,
the
most
suitable
place,
we
will
now
speak
of
THE
BEET-RASP.
This
is
made
as
follows
:
—
A
frame
made
of
oak,
built
strongly,
having
an
oblong
form,
mounted
on
four
legs
joined
together
from
top
to
bottom
by
cross-pieces,
con-
stitute
the
assemblage
bearing
the
various
parts
of
the
mechanism
;
nearly
all
of
them
disposed
on
the
length
of
the
upper
cross-pieces.
Those
parts
are
composed
of
a
wooden
cylinder,
made
plain
and
suitably
prepared.
Its
diameter
is
18
inches,
and
its
breadth
8
inches
;
its
cir-
cumference
is
armed
with
80
saw-blades,
7
inches
long