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THE SUGAR BEET. 



facts of the present day have changed, as we look for 

 greater yields than were ever thought of years ago. 

 He advises leaving the beets for the longest possible 

 time in the field, thus permitting the maximum evapo- 

 ration before being placed in the silos. The disadvan- 

 tage of this plan we have already called attention to.^ 

 The beets were then to be gathered and stored in an 

 ordinary stone building, the precaution having been 

 taken of placing against the walls a certain quantity 

 of straw, against which the beets were to be thrown, 

 the general height being 2.50 m. (8.20 feet) ; the outer 

 poi-tion, as shown in the fig. 49, was also covered with 



Fig. 49. 



Sectional view of Chaptal's idea of a silo, straw being placed over 

 the roots and between the wall and them. 



straw. Evidently, if beets are to remain but for a short 

 time (one month) the objections to this plan are few, 

 and we have no doubt that good resnlts could be ob- 

 tained, but when for six months the conditions change, 

 the evaporation would then take place, thus causing 



■ See "Harvesting." 



