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the results go to show that the plant can be grown very 

 successfully. (See Journ. Bd. Agric, June, 1911, and March, 



1916, "Progress of the Sugar Beet Industry in Norfolk" 

 Syrup is also made from the root (a description of a simple 



ring syrup is given in Journ. Bd. Agric, Dec, 



1917, p. 1002). In the process of preparation for sugar the 

 leaves and crowns may be fed to stock, used in the fresh stage, 

 dried or as ensilage, and the pulp residue is also good fodder. 



The Mangold is an important field crop at home, especially 

 in the Southern and Midland Counties, on the Continent, and 

 in America, under varieties broadly divided as white, yellow, 

 and red-fleshed, including "globe," "tankard/ 5 and "long" 

 forms; especially valuable as a winter feed for dairy cows and 

 sheep. In 1913—207,785,289 centals were produced from 500,209 

 cres in the United Kingdom, England alone producing 

 166,532,150 centals of the whole amount of roots under an 

 acreage of 409,150. 



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The " Red Beet" is well known in gardens everywhere as a 

 vegetable, and the u Silver Beet " (B. rulgaris, var. Cicla) is 

 grown for the leaf used as a vegetable, more especially in 

 France. 



n Spinach " (Spinacea oleracea, Linn.) is well known as a 

 vegetable, and Ba sella alba, Linn., is cultivated in India. 

 Africa, and West Indies, for use in the same way. 



2. Numerous jiapers on Sugar Beet and Mangold. 



3. lS T o. 169. 1912, "Cultivation of Mangolds." 





Polygon aceae . 



Fagopyrum esculentum, Moench. (Polygonum Fagopyrum* 

 Linn.), Buckwheat, Brank. 



Annual, 3 ft., of which there are many cultivated varieties 

 grown in Europe, Asia, China, India, &c, and in North 

 America. Three varieties, "Japanese," "Silver Hull," and 



Common Gray" are grown in the United States (Carleton). 

 In Britain the plant is grown only to a limited extent, and 

 chiefly on waste! land. The grain is an important food tin 

 America, China, India, &c.< and it is also largely used for 

 feeding poultry and game. The green plant is used in America 

 for forage: but it is said to he " sometimes injurious to sheep " 

 (Farmer's Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric, ?s T o. 267, 1906, p. 13), or 

 "to have a narcotic effect on sheep" (Johnson and Sowerhy). 

 The ground grain is used as a feed for hogs (Carleton). The 

 flowers i\ve a good bee food, and it is reported that in the 

 Government of Tchernigov, Russia, it is the principal source of 

 honev (Journ. Bd. Agric, June, 1895, p. 2). 



The supplv of buckwheat to the United Kingdom comes chiefly 

 from Russia (43232), France (19062), "United States (6854), and 

 other Foreign Countries and British Colonies not specified, to a 

 total (1913) of 78,046 centals. 



" Tartarian Buckwheat" (Fagopyrum tartarieum-. Gaertn.) 

 i<5 crown in the colder parts of Xorth America and Asia — in 



Ladak, Zanskar, and Western Tibet. Leaves much used as a 

 pot-herb in summer, when other jrreen food is not easily 



