CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 



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The following table shows the number of beet-sugar 

 manufactories in Europe, with their production, in 

 ! 865-6: 



1426 



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It is stated by Mr. William Reed, an English au 

 thority, that Great Britain, which consumed 10,000 

 tons of sugar in 1700, consumes at the present time 

 566,000 tons. 



Consumption of sugar in the following countries in 

 1865: 



