mangel

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Farms are abandoned—or bought by rich men who make park lands and lawns o' the fields where the potato and the mangel wurzel, the corn and the barley, grew yesteryear.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

Although the mangel is one of the most nutritious articles of food which can be given to cattle, yet it is stated on the best authority that sheep do not thrive upon it.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

The mangel wurzel produces a larger crop than the Swedish turnip.

From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William

Ten pounds of mangel beets per 100 hens or 1 square inch of well-sprouted oats per bird will supply needed green food during the winter.

From A Living from the Land by Duryee, William B.

Theoretically an excessive development of the leaves of the mangel may be inimical to the growth of the root.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir