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if these are worth $4.00 per ton, we will then have 

 a total of $60.00. It is trne in this case the prepara- 

 tion of the soil would require more care, time, and 

 money, but here exists a compensation, as the follow- 

 ing year the ground would be in a condition to require 

 but little or no ploughing. Then again, strange to 

 say, it has been noticed that on all beet growing farms 

 the crops that follow this root are most extraordinary ; 

 the wheat is heavier, the straw much stronger, etc. 

 This may perhaps be due to the fact that subsoil ploughs 

 have been made use of, and with this the deep penetra- 

 tion of the roots ; having for effect the removal of the 

 elements beneath to the surface, which would not other- 

 wise have been able to exert their influence. 



As a general thing it may be said that all the above 

 crops exhaust the soil, as but few of the substances 

 extracted are returned. 



The sugar beets are grown for their saccharine prin- 

 ciples, which are mostly, as is supposed, taken from 

 the air. After they have been utilized for the extrac- 

 tion of these saccharine principles, there still remains 

 a pulp containing a large amount of the original salts, 

 etc., the rest being in the resulting molasses, which 

 passes into the distiller's hands, and, if not utilized for 

 the manufacture of potassa, these will still remain, and 

 can be utilized on the soil as a useless product, the alcohol 

 having been extracted by fermentation. The pulp, 

 being then fed to the cattle, will yield a manure 

 containing nearly all the remaining elements. We 



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