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, Bhu-e ..fa~el'6' . Vle~; :. ¥e ,b e a.n by 8aY,ing that
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report snowed tl..lat thllre was .cated·, in the matte,-h!3 cquld ;not see a pr?fit of
fro1" 19111' qf £,95 lOs. S'd. ' Thlf £6 an ·acre. 'It ~eemed to him, first, tha~ v·ery
cOllect.li· :£360 ~9. 7d :, 'South 5uita.ble so.i1 ,w'a s : ne'e ded. He a.sIied Mr. Ch~dwin
where the crop he il1B~ted in B erks WM .!rowp .
o~. Illd., Mrs. "ijradbury £;70; Il);iq
11 •. 7<1.; total £53817 •. ,()!d . The work"'- [Mr. Chadwin, I ill!lpected one ..t: Wo.ntagl two
e::<IIe!nsEllI had beell £12 13s., lind £550 Ront to !lE!'Dor Newbury, ,a nd one or two otbcrs on , the
.llc••.,na,l j· leav ing 11 balance 'in 1,and ot ' :£&1
b.ol·del·s. At BUBcot beets were grown fort Ugar
fo~' ','many years, and 15 and 16 t~ns weI' produce4.] Mr. L<lUsI~y, continued ~Iat wh ,9 he
grew the beet 'WM ,all very heavy
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hi.l expe),ience was .-hot altogether a P,I~lfi~t~~~;~~;~
The experiments .were cnrried out .Col~ e ge, alld :,tne. cr!lp~ .. w.eigh'jd ; ' ,
tona of m,angoWe, ~o one' ton of
fed t,e beet · plter,Y; a.rde, with very ,.
;~ut - be di~eul~y, ,~ey foun4 was. in''''1B,D
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'to be dug out: Qf·1I.1iE\ lleo.vy g'r ound, ~nd
grea.t trouble to ~cJeJ1on them . afterwards.
WB.s grown a.fter.Wo.rds, and that which
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far apart, and co;rtag;e would tllke aw ..y CIU'.I U'COllL .
If it cost £9 lOs. to grow ,the crop
'received . £15 ISs., peJ'. abre, the ,,,.nIl,lre
labour would take '. o.ff, a great deal
(£(e,.1', ' hear.). He ' Was not tlirowilw
on the scheme, b ecau €<l he did believe
8uitable Boils;, but oil the local clo.y
he did not think su~(\r b "et could , be '
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