Cultivation of beet sugar was very labour intensive and back breaking. The seeds had to be sown, thinned, weeded and then, after the full grown beets are ploughed, they have to have excess dirt shaken off and the tops removed. Photo: Contributed by Maffra History Museum
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Cultivation of beet sugar was very labour intensive and back breaking. The seeds had to be sown, thinned, weeded and then, after the full grown beets are ploughed, they have to have excess dirt shaken off and the tops removed. Photo: Contributed by Maffra History Museum
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Cultivation of beet sugar was very labour intensive and back breaking. The seeds had to be sown, thinned, weeded and then, after the full grown beets are ploughed, they have to have excess dirt shaken off and the tops removed. Photo: Contributed by Maffra History Museum
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