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

The White Beet is a congener of the mangel.

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

But, besides this use of the mangel wurzel, there is another, with regard to pigs at least, of very great importance.

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

We had him from the work'us when he was seven, to chop mangel wurzel, and here he's been ever since, nigh twelve year.

From The Last Galley Impressions and Tales by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

If you can get a cross which gives you more tonnage than a mangel and a higher nutritive content you would have something better to grow.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)