mangel

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Of the different varieties of the mangel the long yellow appears to be the most nutritious, and the long red the least so.

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

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.

Twenty paces brought us to a spot where a stack of mangel wurzels stood at the roadside.

From The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Rohmer, Sax

The mangel wurzel was introduced about 1780-5 by Parkyns, and prickly comfrey in 1811.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)

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