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As shown, everything is in favor of the Champon- 

 nois pulp. 



3. Preservation of the Pulp. 



In cases where the manufacturer wishes himself to 

 utilize the resulting pulp, it becomes necessary to adopt 

 some plan for the preservation of the same, as if al- 

 lowed to remain in contact with the air the fermenta- 

 tion would continue and decomposition would follow, 

 leaving the mass in a condition which, under no cii- 

 eumstanees, could be used for feeding purposes, even 

 in small quantities. 



Sugar factories can only work with profit when on a 

 large scale. The volume of this pulp is far in excess 

 of the consumption, as it would be suflBcient to feed 

 several hundred head of cattle ; this number being a 

 greater encumbrance and responsibility than one person 

 is willing to have. Leaving out these circumstances, it 

 should be remembered that the total crop of roots is 

 worked up in one hundred days, hardly suflBcient time 

 to have good fattening results ; for that reason the pulp 

 must be kept for several months after the campaign is 

 at an end. 



Many argue that the pulp fi-om the distillery. Sys- 

 tem Leplay, is far easier to keep than any other, as 

 it has been submitted to a temperature sufficiently 

 high to render the remaining albumen insoluble. We 

 will not for the present discuss to what extent this 

 theory can be relied upon, but can say that the results 



