. The sugar beet : including a history of the beet sugar industry in Europe, varieties of the sugar beet, examination, soils, tillage, seeds and sowing, yield and cost of cultivation, harvesting, transportation, conservation, feeding qualities of the beet and of the pulp, etc. Sugar beet; Sugar beet; Sugar beet industry; Sugar beet industry; Beet sugar; Beet sugar; Beet sugar industry; Beet sugar industry. ECONOMICAL TRANSPOKTATION. 221 These porteurs weigh 47 kilog. ( lbs.), and are the ones most generally adopted on the farms. The beets are gathered in the civieres (fig. 43), which are
. The sugar beet : including a history of the beet sugar industry in Europe, varieties of the sugar beet, examination, soils, tillage, seeds and sowing, yield and cost of cultivation, harvesting, transportation, conservation, feeding qualities of the beet and of the pulp, etc. Sugar beet; Sugar beet; Sugar beet industry; Sugar beet industry; Beet sugar; Beet sugar; Beet sugar industry; Beet sugar industry. ECONOMICAL TRANSPOKTATION. 221 These porteurs weigh 47 kilog. ( lbs.), and are the ones most generally adopted on the farms. The beets are gathered in the civieres (fig. 43), which are constructed of flat and rounded irons, and great solidity Fiij. " Civieres" for transportation of beets. is thus obtained, while they weigh but 18 kilog. ( lbs.) including the handles, which are of wood. Their shape is conical; the upper portion is c. ra. ( feet) in width ard the lowei- c. m. ( feet), height 55 c. m. ( feet), capacity is about 130 kilog. (286 lbs.), and can be carried for a short distance full of beets by two men. Having at our disposal one or more solutions of an economical and portable track will not alone be sufii- cient to give good results, for if these are not made use of in a rational manner it will requii-e as much time to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ware, Lewis Sharpe, 1851-1918. Philadelphia : Henry Carey Baird & Co.
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