IO2 BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



carried in a wooden tray to the spot where they are 

 needed. 



Pains should be taken to injure the beet as little as 

 possible, and in replanting them to have the root kept 

 straight, otherwise the matured plant will produce 

 forked and misshapen roots. 



Holes about five inches deep should be made at 

 proper intervals for the reception of the plant, with a 

 plug of hard wood, eight inches in length and an inch 

 in diameter at one end, tapering gradually to the 

 diameter of a quarter of an inch, when the end should 

 be rounded off. 



One careful workman should take up the beets and 

 carry them to another, who will set them out. The 

 latter workman takes a plant by the leaves with his 

 left hand, and makes a perpendicular hole with the 

 plug held in his right hand ; he then withdraws the 

 plug from the ground, and carefully inserts the plant 

 in the hole, taking pains to keep the root perfectly 

 straight. He holds it by the left hand, keeping the 

 crown of the plant on a level with the surface of the 

 ground ; he then plunges the plug perpendicularly 

 two or three times into the ground within an inch of 

 the root, and crowds the earth against the root with 

 the plug. He then places a little earth about the 

 plant, and with both hands presses and settles the soil 

 about the root. The earth is then dressed with the 

 fingers about the plant, taking pains to leave the 

 crown just even with the surface. 



The long leaves are then pinched off, and the oper- 

 ations are completed. 



The first workman should have a tray in which to 



