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Show Another Beet Topper. A Stanton man named A. Philipp ha,s brought out an invention that is likely to create a sensation among beet growers, grow-ers, and will materially aid them in harvesting their crops. It is a beet-harvester, beet-harvester, and he calls it the "Climnx Beet Harvesting Machine." He gnvu,h public exhibition of i.s usefulnessfat that place Wednesday. Tho inaclitiio is so constructed that it tops and lifts tlie boet at the same time, carrying the tops and all iiibbish away from j-ho row anil leaving tho beets exposed toVi'w and ready to be picked up and loaded into wagons. Tho topping is done by a knife onto which the tops aro forced by a -revolving wheel, both working automatically, t0 thct bect3 stuntliHg deep in the ground aie topped with surpiising uniformity. As the (iops leave the knife they are caught 'by a shield or grader an-l ca.ried -to oiiojfcido of tho low. A double plow passes under the beet and lifts it to the surface; The niachin: did equally good, work iu heavy beets, and whuro tlieie were glass and weeds, as where there were none and the beets were light. Mr. Philipp estimates that one of thet-e machines "will harvest fiom tluee to live acres of i beets per day, and by itw nniiormity of topping, and the fact that no beets are left in the giouud, will save from -00 to 4C0 pounds per I'ere. The exhibition whh witnessed by a nuiiibor of heel j grow eib, and was pronounced a success by all. Norfolk (Neb. ) New s. , -,- , I |