EED BEET RECOMMENDED FOR CATTLE. '^'5 



■^e more advantage in this, as it would be easy for him to 

 satisfy himself of the purity of the alkali ; a knowledge so 

 necessary to the success of various processes both in phar- 

 macy and in the arts. 



But what are the reasons, that have induced the manu- Reflections on 



facturers of barilla to give it this solid consistency ? Is it ^^^ manufac. 



. . • p • i ture. 



because in this state it is more convenient tor carriage r or 



because it was originally less used in the making of soap than 

 of glass ? It is true, that in the glasshouse there are fewer 

 inconveniences from its use, than in the processes of chemis** 

 try and the other arts. When the crude alkali is employed 

 in making glass, not only are the hydrosulphurets, eulpho- 

 rets, and other salts it contains, decomposed by the high 

 heat required in this process, and their alkali serves as a 

 flux; but the frit itself enters into the state of vitrification, 

 and thus adds to the bulk of the glass. This, however, can- 

 not be considered as an advantage; for it is certain, that ba- 

 rilla contains nearly four filths of its weight of heterogeneous 

 substances, which of course increase the expense of carriage 

 in this proportion. This is a consideration, that claims the 

 attention of the consumer. The first source of profit in a Hint to mams- 

 manufactory is economy in the raw materials. acturers. 



XI. 



An Essay on the Cultivation of the Red Beetf hy Mr. Goe- 

 RiNG, a Saxon Agriculturist*. 



J^ EXT to the potato, the utility of which is well known, Redbeetveiy 



jthe red beet is one of the most beneficial plants, the culti- *'«nefi«'^l» 



vation of which is particularly to be recommended. Everyone Yields mucli 



knows, that sugar has been obtained from it not inferior to good sugar, 



jthat of India; and the manufacture of which would probably 



have been established in Germany, had not the consumption bm this con* 



of wood necessary for it checked its most zealous partisans • »""^«* 'oo 



•' . , • 111- roucfi wood. 



for the resources of Qerpaany in this respect are daily di- 



Dainishing. 



» Souninrs ^ib. Pbys. ]Econ. May, isio, p. 28^ 



Beside 



