CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 119 



arate compartments may be made with walls of earth 

 in the space C, to separate different qualities of beets. 

 The ends of the side walls in the silos must be covered 

 with earth, like the rest of the outside ; and when the 

 whole crop has been harvested, the last of the beets 

 must be employed to build a wall in the usual manner 

 across space C. It will be necessary, in preserving 

 beets in this way, to have a greater amount of earth 

 for covering than the pits furnish ; and in ploughing to 

 procure it, furrows should not be run nearer than line 

 d, say within three feet of the pile, lest the walls of beets 

 should be disturbed. The advantages of this method 

 are, that it allows the farmer to store large quantities 

 safely on spots the most conveniently located. It also 

 facilitates the daily opening of the pile, when the beets 

 are to be carried to the factory ; for the entrance is 

 small compared with the size of the pile, and can be 

 easily protected by straw, which it requires but little 

 time to remove. It also saves, to a considerable ex 

 tent, the comparatively tedious and costly process of 

 building the walls which are required, when the 

 smaller and consequently more numerous piles are 

 constructed. 



METHOD OF PRESERVING ROOTS IN MASSA 

 CHUSETTS. 



I annex the instructions given for the preservation 

 of root crops in Flint's " Agriculture of Massachu 

 setts." 



" Dig a pit six feet wide, ten or fifteen feet long, and 

 eighteen inches deep. Pile the roots as steep and high 

 as the base will carry and keep them. Cover the heap 



