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CHYMISTRY APPLIED TO AGRICULTURE. 



This article of food does not produce the same evil as- 

 dry fodder, which lessens the quantity of milk, and ob- 

 structs the intestines of neat cattle, neither does it pro- 

 duce the purging and leanness, which are often occasioned 

 by the use of green and watery herbage. 



The mash is prepared in winter,, and it is at that season 

 that animals experience the greatest need of this kind of 

 food. 



One kilogramme of this mash and one quarter of a kilo- 

 gramme of dry fodder, is more than enough to feed a 

 merino sheep that gives suck. 



If the price of the mash is estimated at only twelve francs 

 per 1000 lbs., the value of the mash each day will be thirty 

 francs. 



3. As the molasses has no other value than that which it 

 receives from distillation, it can be estimated only by the 

 products of this operation ; and as the price of spirit varies 

 greatly, it is impossible to settle it.* 



I do not think that the value of the molasses should be 

 estimated higher than nine francs for 50 kilogrammes ; 

 10,000 lbs. of beet roots produce 130 kilogrammes ; this 

 is then an amount of twelve francs per day. 



Table of the Products of the operations upon 10,000 Ihs. 

 of Beet Roots per day. 



Whilst enumerating the products of beets, I have neg- 

 lected one, which is however of some importance ; it is the 

 leaves. As soon as the middle of August, the leaves may 

 be trimmed off to feed animals ; at the season of digging, 



* Since my establishment was formed, I have sold alcohol of 35° 

 (== specific gravity of 0.852) at various prices between 160 francs and 

 500 francs per cask. 



