of the flask, it may Seriltivinen to be beet sugar. © 
oxalate of lime, which is not found in cane sugar. i 
_ 2d. Toa solution of sugar in distilled water, add a few areeet 
sub-acetate of lead: the foreign matters of the sugar will combine 
with the lead, and they are always more abundant in beet sugar than 
in that of cane. They are precipitated by a few hours rest in beet 
‘suger and remain suspended in that of cane. 
~ Roots which grow much out of the ground, yield less good sugar 
ian those which are well buried. Those which grow upon richly 
manured land run much to leaf, but their juice is less rich in sugar 
and more abundant in mucilage. A calcareous soil appears to be 
the best for the cultivation of sugar beets. ‘The year 1829, the au- 
turn of which was very wet, gave, contrary to expectation, a sugar 
harvest equal to common years. 
The molasses of beets. has been advantageously used in fodder 
with cut straw. ‘The pulp makes a valuable manure for clayey and 
close bound soils. 
aoe sow the seeds in beds and transplant the roots, but the 
ter number of cultivators prefer sowing tem i in i —Bib. 
Unie Mai, 1832.— HBS 
2. Fidutias alues of different kinds of food for sheep ; by I M. 
DeDompastr.—Some experiments performed by this celebrated 
agriculturist, are well worthy of being recorded, as approaching 
nearer to an exact determination of the question of the relative nu- 
tritive properties of a few of the more common aliments of sheep and 
cattle than any which we remember to have seen. He divided forty 
‘nine sheep into seven lots, of seven sheep each, in such a manner 
that the total weight of each lot should be, as nearly as a equal 
to each of the rest. Each lot was kept in a separate div 
stable, the food was given to each lot in rations of equal cia and 
by means of scales, the total weight of each lot was taken once a 
week, and the experiment was continued five weeks. The weight 
of each lot was four hundred and thirty six pounds. 
_ The substances subjected to examination were 1. Dry lucern. 2. 
Oil cake from flax seed. 3. Oatsand barley. 4. Crude potatoes. 
3 ~ Cooked potatoes. 6. Beets. 7. Carrots. aoe 
__. The dry lucern formed the unit of the estimate. One of the seven 
: i. was fed exclusively on dry lucern, and each of the six others 
received just half the raga of _ and the remainder of the 
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