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only are to be cut off with the knife by taking 

 off the head without touching the flesh of the beet. 

 These beets are then carefully placed in pits or in 

 cellars and withdrawn the following year, to be 

 replanted. 



The land to be used should be a good beet land 

 prepared as for sowing. It should be in good heart, 

 but should not be strongly manured, as a strong 

 manure would induce too quick vegetation, which 

 would retard the ripening and render it unequal. 

 Good compost and lime will do perfectly well, if 

 applied before transplanting, the lime to be lightly 

 turned in with the harrow. The beets are then plant- 

 ed in squares, with a distance of two and a half feet 

 between the rows and two feet in the rows, so that 

 there will be about 3200 plants in an arpent. It is 

 well to cover lightly the head of the root with earth. 



One thing that must be particularly guarded 

 against, is that there should not be in the vicinity, 

 any field sown with seed bearing fodder beets, for 

 the wind alone might bastardize the kind and take 

 away the greater part of its value. 



When the seed is ripe, which is recognized by 

 the brown tinge, taken by the extremities of the 

 stem, the plants are cut and laid carefully on the 

 ground to finish the drying, they are then beaten 

 with the flail or otherwise. 



The seed is then cleaned and placed in a dry place 

 secure from mice, to be kept. 



Each stock of seed bearing beets will give about 



