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 CHAPTER II. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE MACHINERY. 



So as to describe without interruption the pro- 

 cesses of manufacture, in the folllowing chapter, I 

 will in this one give a description of the principal 

 machinery employed. 



1. BEET WASHER. 



A wooden or iron cylindrical cage of 10 feet in 

 length by 3J or 4 feet in diameter is used, immersed 

 in water to one third of its diameter in a vessel, 

 and driven 4 or 6 revolutions per minute. At one 

 end there is hopper to receive the beets. Between the 

 washer and the grater there is an inclined plane, 

 with an iron or wooden grating on the side next to 

 the washer. 



The vessel is cleaned \twice a day, and the water 

 mixed with earth and rubbish runs into large 

 vats in which the solids substances are deposited 

 and make a good manure which is carefully gathered 

 after the work is finished. 



GRATER AND ATTACHMENTS. 



The grater is composed of a cast iron cylinder,, 

 with three disks grooved in the inside and two 

 pulleys placed at the two ends of the shaft. 



The cylinder is two feet in diameter by about 

 two feet in length. The circumference is furnished 



