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THE SUGAR BEET. 



obtained in the preservation of the ordinary pulps are 

 quite sufficient to satisfy the present demands. 



We saw in the Paris Exhibition of 1878 some that 

 had been on hand for several years ; and the owner 



Fig. 89. 

 Vertical section. 



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Showing the method of ' preserving the pulp at Ferme de la Briche. : 



contended that its feeding qualities had in no way 

 diminished. We fear when as aged as this the volatile 

 acids would be in too great abundance. 



