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around them as before described. This pile narrows gradually 

 till it reaches a lieigbt of six to eight feet. A wall of earth is 

 DOW built around the pile, and its thickness increased as the 

 weather demands. The upper three feet of the pile can be 

 covered with six or eight inches of straw, until the earth is 

 actually needed to prevent freezing. The sooner the beets are 

 put in piles or pits after being dug, the better, as thej lose 

 weight by exposure to the light. 



Beet Pulp is the residue of the beet after the sugar has been 

 extracted, and is worth at least one third as much per ton as 

 hay for feeding stock. It will keep for two years or more in 

 good condition, and be alwaj^s relished by cattle. It is presei*ved 

 by the Messrs. Fieret, to whom we have alluded, in the follow- 

 i)ig manner : A ditch is dug in dry, hard soil, and the pulp 

 trodden firmly into it, filling it two. feet above the surface. The 

 whole is covered with two feet of earth. They fatten yearly 

 eight hundred head of cattle and three thousand sheep. They 

 will Ritten in one hundred days. They allow cattle eighty 

 pounds of pulp, five pounds chopped straw, and five pounds oil 

 cake, daily. The sheep are each allowed six pounds pulp, half 

 pound chopped straw, half pound oil cake, and one pound 

 chaff. Chopped corn stalks, and Indian meal, can be fed with 

 the pulp to advantage in this country. The beet leaves are 

 also an excellent fodder, and can be preserved in layers, with 

 salt sprinkled between the layers ; and fed to milch cows with 

 the pulp, they increase the flow of milk. 



Seed. A most important consideration is the selection of 

 seed, both as to quality and variety. At present the seed must 

 be imported. We recommend Messrs. B. K. Bliss & Son, of 

 New York, as reliable dealers in seeds, and they will gladly 

 answer all inquiries in regard to their cost, etc. But it should 

 be the aim of the cultivator to raise his own seed. The White 



