Beet-root Distillery. 
81 
Yellow Globe per Acre. £. s. d. 
143 gallons of spirits at Is. 7 3 0 
14 tons 10 cwt. of pulp at 10s 7 5 0 
14 8 0 
Less cost of manipulation G 111 
Balance of profit £S ti 1 
From the above calculations it would appear that the farmer 
would get IZ. 45. Id. more per acre by cultivating the yellow 
globe, although less rich in saccharine matter. 
I will now compare an analysis of French-grown beet-roots, 
made by my friend M. Baudement, the learned Professor of 
Zooteclmy at the Conservatoire des Arts et 3Ictiers, in Paris, 
with one of English-grown mangolds, kindly communicated to me 
by Professor Voelcker, of Cirencester. 
Analysis of French-grown roots, by Professor Baudement, of 
Paris 
Yellow Globe. 
Water 86-89 
. 1 f soluble 0'65 i -i oir 
^^^''Minsoluble 0-59o} ^ "^^ 
Fat-producing matters 0'1269 
Nitrogenous, or flesh-producing matters .. 1*3713 
Insoluble matters, such as cellulose, ligneous 1"078 
Sugar, gum, and mucilage 9"28S8 
100- 
Analysis of English-grown roots, by Professor Voelcker : — 
Yellow Globe. 
Retailed composition of two samples. 
"Water 87-440 .. 88-450 
Sugar, gum, and mucilage . . . . 7-408 . . 7-469 
Soluble mineral matter 1-356 . . '952 
Soluble albuminous compoimds, 1 .n-,^ •, i-- .oo-r 
containing nitrogen -153 ) - ^'trogen -loo 'bSl 
Insolublealbuminous compounds, 1 ., 
containing nitrogen -023 } - mtrogcn-01- -104 
Cellular fibre and pectinous) r. -oo i no- 
substances (crude fibre) ) •• -^^^ •• ■^■'^^^ 
Insoluble mineral matters .. .. -113 .. -074 
100-000 .. 100-000 
Analysis of long red French-grown beet-root by Professor 
Baudement : — 
Water 83-00 
Insoluble matters 3'40 
Ashes 0-96 
Nitrogenous matters . . . . 0-92 
Sugar, gum, and mucilage .. 11-72 
lCO-00 
YOL. XX. , G 
