mangel

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And, as soon as a portion of the land can be made rich enough, he will grow more or less mangel wurzels, sugar beets, turnips, and other root crops.

From Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject by Harris, Joseph

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

The word is in German mangel wurzel, root of scarcity.

From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

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

Strange, perhaps Oliver Cromwell is now a mangel wurzel, and poor King Charles the First an apple tree!

From She and I, Volume 1 by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)