mangel

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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

Three-fourths of the fields were meadow or pasture, or in mangel or turnips. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu

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

Our grass, our turnips, our mangel, must deteriorate, We shall have no more prize cattle.

From Vixen, Volume II. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Salt has been found in some districts to have a very good effect on the mangel crop, and potash is often found to amply repay application.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton