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THE SUGAR BEET. 



(4.11 feet) in width. Here is placed a track on which 

 a car runs containing the pulp. n regard to the 

 ventilation, we may state that it is perfect. The other 

 buildings shown represent the distillery and the sheep- 

 fold, where the 4000 sheep are fed. 



Fi<r. 88. 



Half section of building of Cail & Co. -where cattle are fed on the 

 distillery refuse. 



There are two methods which are most generally 

 adopted for the distillation of the beet, the first of 

 which, by far the most important, is the System 

 Champonnois, and the second the System Leplay. 

 We will not for the present give the reader even an 

 idea of the principle on which this distillation is based, 



