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turnip. In feeding quality it rivals the swede; it is much relished by livestock—pigs especially doing remarkably well upon it; and it keeps in See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition till midsummer if required. The valuable constituent of mangel is dry See also:

MATTER

matter which averages about 12% as against it % in swedes. Of this two-thirds may be See also:

SUGAR

sugar, which only develops fully during storage. Indeed, it is only after it has been some months in the See also:

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store heap that mangel becomes a palatable and safe See also:

food for See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle. It is, moreover, exempt from the attacks of the turnip See also:

BEETLE (O. Eng. bityl; connected with " bite ")

beetle. On all these accounts, therefore, it is peculiarly valuable in those parts of See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain where the summer is usually hot and dry.

Up to the See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of depositing the seed, the processes of preparation for mangel are similar to those described for the turnip; See also:

winter dunging being even more appropriate for the former than for the latter. The See also:

COMMON

common drilling See also:

MACHINES

machines are easily fitted for See also:

SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the root is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")

sowing its large rough seeds, which should be sown from the beginning of See also:

APRIL

April to the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of May and may be deposited either on ridges or on the See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat. The after culture is like that of the turnip. The See also:

PLANTS

plants are thinned out at distances of not less than 15 in. apart. Transplanting can be used for filling up of gaps with more certainty of success than in the See also:

case of swedes, but it is much more economical to avoid such gaps by sowing a little swede seed along with the mangel. Several varieties of the plant are cultivated—those in best repute being the See also:

long red, the yellow globe and the See also:

TANKARD

tankard, intermediate in shape. This crop requires a heavier dressing of manure than the turnip to grow it in perfection,. and is much benefited by having See also:

salt mixed with the manure at the See also:

RATE

rate of 2 or 3 cwt. per See also:

acre. Nitrogenous See also:

MANURES

manures are of more marked value than phosphatic manures. The crop requires to be secured in store heaps as early in autumn as possible, as it is easily injured by frost.

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