The diffusers _F_ should be arranged so that small trucks may be driven beneath them to receive the spent slices and carry them to the spent beet silos. _U_ indicates a gauging tank into which the juice runs from the diffusers. From thence it passes to coolers (not seen) and thence to the fermentation tanks _G_. _R_ indicates a small engine for driving the beet slicers and _S_ a battery of pumps whereby the wash may be forced up into the reservoir _I_ from which the wash descends into the still _K_. _H_ and _J_ are reservoirs for hot and cold water respectively. From the distilling column _K_ the phlegm or raw spirit passes to the phlegm tank _L_ from which it is drawn as desired into the rectifying column _M_, thence into the coolers and condensers and thence into the alcohol tanks _N_. On the other side of the building as indicated by the chimney is the boiler for generating the motive power for the plant and for supplying the steam necessary for the distilling and rectifying columns and the hot water for the diffusion batteries. The boiler should be very capacious and it would be well to have two, one in reserve. If possible, advantage should be taken of the natural slope of the ground so that the trucks bringing beets from the silo to the washer and carrying the spent beets away may roll downward by their own weight. The silos for the spent beets should be excavated from the ground and the trucks be constructed to tip their contents into these pits. The natural slope of the bottom of these pits should drain away the water and means be provided whereby carts can load with the spent beets to carry them away. The spent liquors should flow off into ponds from which they may be drawn away to fertilize land. A very convenient method of carrying beets from the silos to the washing machine is by means of a narrow canal of rapidly flowing water, flowing between the silos and entering the washing machines. Beets pitched into this stream are carried along by the current to the washers and at the same time undergo a preliminary washing. By laying out a system of channels throughout the beet yard the labor of handling is reduced to a minimum. These channels may be covered by boards on which the beets may be piled. These may be lifted and the beets thereon dumped into the stream.