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it is spread over the field. This method is applied 

 to the fields under cultivation and specially in the 

 spring before sowing beets. The lirne also is finally 

 slacked in a covered place and it is spread indust 

 over the field which is to be or has just been sown. 

 The quantity of lime to be used per arpent is 

 generally from 4 to 5000 pounds or about 40 bushels. 



$ (). SOWING THE BEET. 



All beets contain sugar, but ail cannot be advan- 

 tageously used in the manufacture of sugar. In fact 

 the beet which is generally cultivated for cattle cannot 

 be used in manufacture. In addition to containing, 

 only a small proportion of sugar, it contains in 

 greater quantities albuminous matter which itself 

 is antagonistic to the extraction of sugar. The 

 presence of this foreign \substance would not make 

 the beet unfit for distilling purposes, but it cannot 

 be employed with advantage for this purpose on 

 account of its scarcity in sugar,and consequently ils 

 poor return in alcohol. Thus, as I stated in the intro- 

 ductory portion of my work, beets to be suitable for 

 manufacturing into sugar, should contain a juice 

 which will show a strength of at least 7 degrees on 

 the Beaurne areometer ; and further that these 

 juices must be sufficiently pure, so as not to hinder 

 the extraction of sugar. 



In the manufacture of sugar several kinds of 

 beets are cultivated, the chief of which are : 

 The S'ilesian bee' with the rose collar. 



