Culture of Mangel Wurtzel. 



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Explanation of the wooden instrument \ used in forming 

 the indents in which the seeds are planted, 



A. The handle inserted into 

 the head, or cross piece, B. 



B. The head, or cross piece. 

 C C C. Six teeth, in sets of 



two each, inserted into the under 

 part of the cross piece B. The 

 teeth forming the different sets 

 are about two inches apart, and 

 the distance from the centre of 

 one set to the centre of another, 

 is twelve inches. It is consider- 

 ed better to have six teeth in 

 sets, than to have but three teeth, 



placed singly : as the indents, in which the seeds are 

 planted, being twice as numerous, doubly insure the 

 growth of the plants ; and in case of their being too nu- 

 merous, can readily be pulled up for transplanting, and 

 for the table, or given to cattle or hogs. 



Time and manner of gathering in a crop of Mangel 

 Wurtzel, and preserving them in the winter season, 



1st. As to the time. — A good deal will depend upon 

 the state of the season, but as a general rule, I think it 

 may with propriety be stated from the 1st to the 10th of 

 the eleventh month, (November.) 



2nd. The manner I have pursued is, when the wea- 

 ther is dry and favourable, to pull up the plants, with the 

 leaves ; then break off the latter as near the plant as prac- 

 ticable, (except those roots you wish to preserve for seed 

 the? ensuing season ; the leaves of these it will be best 

 carefully to cut off, from two to three inches above the 



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