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XXV. Pedigreed beets; silos for mother beets; steck- 



linge 220 



XXVI. Good crop of seed 226 



XXVII. Diffusion battery; carbonation and sulfur tanks 260 



XXVIII. Filter presses; vacuum pans 262 



XXIX. Centrifugal machines ; sugar warehouse . . 266 



XXX. Planting sugar-cane ; unloading cane . . . 270 



XXXI. Vigorous growth of cane ; sugar-cane in Louisiana 272 

 XXXII. Harvesting cane with hand cutters; cane wagons 



in Cuba 274 



