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THE
COMPLETE
PRACTICAL
DISTILLER.
press,
well
mounted
and
well
conducted,
it
is
possible
to
obtain
a quantity
of
juice
equivalent
to
75
per
cent,
of
the
raw
beet-root.
To
effect
this
it
is
necessary
to
wet
the
residue
of
the
first
extract,
and
to
submit
it
again
to
the
action
of
the
press.
With
screwing
or
hydraulic
presses,
65,
70,
and
even
80
per
cent,
of
the
juice
can
be
obtained
in
one
operation,
according
to
the
power
of
the
engine,
or
the
more
or
less
aqueous
qualities
of
the
roots.
This
juice,
supposing
no
water
to
have
been
used,
may
mark
from
5°
to
9°
Beaume,
according
to
years
and
the
species
of
fruit.
It
contains,
like
the
cane,
two
kinds
of
sugar
—
ono
solid,
and
the
other
liquid
;
that
is,
one
that
can
be
crys-
tallized,
and
the
other
molasses.
It
contains,
besides,
water,
leaven,
and
some
extractive
substances,
one
of
which
gives
to
the
beet-root
that
acrid
taste
by
which
it
is
distinguished,
and
also
the
property
of
attacking
the
throats
of
those
who
eat
it
;
this
is
not
entirely
removed
even
by
the
operation
of
boiling,
as
many
persons
can
testify.
This
substance
might
communicate
to
the
spirits
of
beet-roots
its
noxious
taste,
was
it
not
corrected
by
the
operation
of
rectification,
which
has
already
been spoken
of.
The
liquid
separated
by
means
of
the
press
may
be
put
immediately
to
fermentation
;
leaven
enters
into
its
composition,
and
soon
begins
to
work.
A
good
soil
may
produce
from
80,000
to
100,000
pounds
of
beet-roots
per
hectare.
The
molasses
of
beet-roots,
as
before
observed,
has
not
been
applied
to
any
other
use
than
that of
distillation.
This
results
from
its
peculiar
bad
taste,
which
is
the
cause
of
its
being
rejected
by
the
trade.
In
fact,
it
can-