CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 



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METHOD OF PRESERVATION IN SAXONY. 



A method of preserving beets prevails in Saxony 

 that seems an admirable one, and well adapted to 

 existing conditions in Illinois, where straw is super- 

 abundant and comparatively without value. 



To facilitate the explanation I present the following 

 diagram : 



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B i, B 2, and B 3 are trenches, six feet broad and 

 two feet deep, to be used as silos or pits, made chiefly 

 with the plough on three sides of a parallelogram. 

 The trench B 3 is fifty-two feet long, and the space 

 C between the trenches has a breadth of forty feet 

 and a length as great as may be needed. Storage 

 is commenced by building piles in the silo B 3, in 

 the manner described on page 113, beginning on the 



