Beet-root Distillerr/. 
85 
Produce. 
82 tons 170 lbs. of pulp, at 6s. 5d. .. 
1258 gallons of spirits at 90°, equal to 
£. s. <K 
26 5 4 
74 0 1 
100 5 5 
This would bring the cost of producing a gallon of spirit to only 
1*. Zd. I would observe, however, that in the above accounts no 
interest is charged for the plant nor any allowance for wear and tear. 
Xo. II. — Experiments made by J/r. Bella at the Agrictdtural College of 
Grigmn, taken from Professor Baudement's Report to the Imperial 
Agricultural Society. 
The object of these experiments was to compare the nutritive value 
of pulp and raw beet-roots respectively. The programme was as 
follows : — 
1. To take two cows having calved at the same time, and giving 
the same quantity of milk. 
2. To note down the weight of each cow. 
3. To note down the quantity of milk given by both. 
4. To ascertain, by repeated analyses, the quality of the milk. 
5. To give each of the two cows the same ration in weight: pulp to 
one, roots to the other. 
6. To divide the mangers, so as to prevent any error in the co;i- 
sumption of food. 
7. To take these diverse measures before the experiment, and ascertain 
now and then, by weighing and analyses, the changes which may have 
occurred. 
8. In order to secure certainty in the results, to change the regime 
at the end of a certain time ; that is, to give the rations of pulp to the 
cow which previously w£is fed upon roots, and the roots to the one 
which was fed upon pulp. 
9. During the experiments to watch carefully the health of the animals, 
the state of the hair, tiie skin, the excrements; in a word, every- 
thing which may indicate that the animal is in a satisfactory state of 
health, or else that it cannot bear any longer the regime to which it is 
submitted. 
Two cows, respectively called Zerbetfe and Aylette, were selected, and 
fulfilled all the conditions stipulated above. 
From the 29th February, 1856, Zerbette was fed as follows : — 
Hay 11 4 
Raw beet-root ..56 0 
Chaff and husks .. 0 12 
Straw 11 4 
1-1 0 
4 0 
4 12 
32 
0 
