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Silos. — Their situation should, when possible, be in 

 the immediate proximity to the factory, but, as a general 

 thing, more efforts are made to place them near the 

 roadside, as during the winter, in consequence of the 

 rain, mud, snow, etc., the farmers are anxious to deliver 

 as many as possible before these last-mentioned diffi- 

 culties present themselves, and for that reason also the 

 beets are frequently placed on the soil within a few 

 feet from where they have been grown. We think in 

 many cases this is the best plan, as it is impossible to 

 carry beets any distance without injury, the conse- 

 quence resulting, as before stated, is a general fermen- 

 tation. On various farms that we visited near Mag- 

 deburg all without exception adopted this plan. These 

 silos should be in a direction north to south, as the 

 heat of the sun is less to be dreaded than if placed 

 from east to west. When the time, etc., permit we 

 would advise the establishment of the silos on a soil 

 neither too wet nor too dry, and on an elevated portion 

 of the land. The inundations are then less to be 

 dreaded. The soil gives the best results when it has 

 a slight slant; the drainage becoming more easy. 

 Beets that are placed in a valley lose a greater amount 

 of water than those situated on a hill. 



In the early portion of this century ChaptaP gave a 

 description of his idea of preserving beets. The results 

 obtained by him he considered very satisfactory, but 



' Chaptal, " Culture de la bettrave." 



