CHAPTER IX.

ALCOHOL FROM BEETS.

Beet cultivation. Composition. Soil and manures. Sowing.

Harvesting. Storing. Production of alcohol from beets. Cleaning

and rasping. Extraction by pressure. Extraction by maceration

and diffusion. The diffusion battery. Fermentation. Direct

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