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FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



average for the general work always results in certain com- 

 pensations for these losses. 



Friihling and Schultz have obtained the following results by 

 pressing in a Bergreen apparatus: In the pressed cossettes there 

 was 12 per cent, dry substance, and 0.66 per cent, in the sweet 

 water, of which 0.23 per cent, was ash, and 0.16 per cent, 

 proteid substances. Below is given the analysis of the resi- 

 duum before and after preparing: 



ANALYSIS OF BEET KESIDUUM BEFORE AND AFTER .PREPARATION. 



An examination of these data shows beyond cavil the advan- 

 tage of pressing. 



The presses now generally used are of the Klusemann or the 

 Selwig and Lange types, the Klusemann press being the out- 

 come of Schlickeysen's suggestion. 



Klusemann A side view and section of one of these presses is shown in 

 press. -pig. 3; in many respects it is one of the best known. They 

 may be seen in operation in most beet-sugar factories. As a 

 general thing, they give entire satisfaction. If this machine 

 does not extract the fluid as fully as the hydraulic press, it 

 does, working continuously, deliver the pressed mass containing 

 12 to 14 per cent, of dry substance, almost equal in value for 

 cattle-fodder to ordinary beets, and also valuable as a fertilizer. 

 The idea of Klusemann' s press evidently came from the clay- 

 mixing machine, which has been used with so much success for 



