 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - 1891 - 1154 pages
...rows on the ground. The work is not done so neatly as with a knife or sickle, but a great deal faster. The object of removing this portion of the beet is...large quantities therein, from entering the factory, as these mineral salts exercise a very deleterious influence on the crystallisation of the sugar. If... | |
 | 1894 - 974 pages
...consists in removing from each beet the top or neck bearing the leaves. This is done by a large knife. The object of removing this portion of the beet is...large quantities therein, from entering the factory, as they exercise a very deleterious influence on the crystallization of the sugar. The tops and leaves... | |
 | New South Wales. Department of Agriculture - 1894 - 1164 pages
...means of a knife or a sharp spade, care being taken not to cut any part of the root except the neck. The object of removing this portion of the beet is...to prevent the mineral salts which have accumulated therein in large quantities from entering the factory. If the roots cannot be carried at once to the... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1898 - 884 pages
...with a sharp butcher knife, and should include leaves and a small portion of the crown. Dr. Wiley says the object of removing this portion of the beet is...salts exercise a very deleterious influence on the crystalization of the sugar, and should therefore be removed. These tops with the leaves are more valuable... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1898 - 882 pages
...with a sharp butcher knife, and should include leaves and a small portion of the crown. Dr. Wiley says the object of removing this portion of the beet is...salts exercise a very deleterious influence on the crystalization of the sugar, and should therefore be removed. These tops with the leaves are more valuable... | |
 | Ohio State Horticultural Society - 1898 - 190 pages
...a sharp butcher knifer and should include leaves and a small portion of the crown. Dr. Wiley, says the object of removing this portion of the beet is...factory. These mineral salts exercise a very deleterious influnce on the crystallization of the sugar, and should therefore be removed. These tops with the... | |
 | New South Wales. Department of Agriculture, W. H. Clarke - 1898 - 562 pages
...means of a knife or a sharp spade, care being taken not to cut any part of the root except the neck. The object of removing this portion of the beet is...to prevent the mineral salts which have accumulated therein in largo quantities from entering the factory. If the roots cannot be carried at once to the... | |
 | Wolf, Fred. W., Co., Chicago - 1899 - 110 pages
...beet in its growth, accumulate in the top, particularly in that portion grown above the surface. These salts exercise a very deleterious influence on the crystallization of the sugar, hence must not be allowed to enter the factory. Where beets are used for stock feeding, only the top... | |
 | C. W. Hamburger - 1901 - 176 pages
...particularly in that portion grown above the surface. These Fig. 23. BEET LIFTER. Figs. 24 and 25. salts exercise a very deleterious influence on the crystallization of the sugar, hence must not be allowed to enter the factory. Where beets are used for stock feeding only the top... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1902 - 786 pages
...knife and the top of the beet, called technically its neck, is cut off so as to remove, with the top, that portion of the beet to which the stems of the...therefore, should be removed. They are well fitted for feed or for fertilizing purposes and are of more value when left upon the soil than when removed to... | |
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... and should include leaves and a small portion of the crown. Dr. Wiley says the object of removing this portion of the beet is to prevent the mineral salts, which have accumulated in large quantities therein, from entering the factory. These mineral... 