THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. 



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tion. At the same time, experience at the Utah factory is rather against trying to 

 make too long a run, owing to the possibilities of loss in quality as well as other chances. 

 Siloing in the field has to be more carefully done in Nebraska, and after six years' 

 experience the Norfolk factory recommends this plan, which is a modification of Eu- 

 ropean methods: "In the first place do not harvest your beets until they are ripe, as 

 green beets do not keep as well in silos as ripe ones, and besides should you harvest 

 when too green they might not contain the necessary 12 per cent of sugar with 80 

 purity. In an average Nebraska season no beets should be siloed before October 



THE WALKING BEET PULLER. 



This homely device is much used. There are several varieties of it. The tool is quite popular in lieu of a better one.. 



15th, and if the weather is warm it would be better to wait until the 20th, but in no 

 case should the beets be allowed to remain unharvested (and not siloed) until the 

 ground freezes. Frost-bitten beets will not keep ; therefore all beets that you silo 

 must be free from frost and be covered up the same day that they are harvested. 



"We would advise making five to seven silos to the acre, placing not less than two 

 tons in each silo. When ready to silo, lift the beets from 40 to 45 rows with a horse 

 harvester. These loosened beets must then be pulled out of the ground by hand and 

 thrown in piles. It is advisable, in case the strip you have lifted contains 45 rows, 

 to make a pile every six rods the length of the strip, and as this section of the 45 rows. 



