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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