CHAPTER X 



THE CONTINUOUS-CROPPING WAY OF GROWING 

 MANGOLDS 



About one or two acres of the winter-green stubble 

 should be planted with roots as a stand-by for feeding 

 in winter, in very wet or frosty weather, when it would 

 not be either suitable or convenient to use winter 

 greens. 



As regards the kind of roots to plant, mangolds are 

 to be preferred to turnips. They do far better after 

 the winter greens, and, unlike turnips, which are of 

 the brassica tribe, they are not susceptible to " finger- 

 and-toe." Further, mangolds lend themselves to more 

 intensive cultivation, giving a far greater yield than 

 turnips. 



The cultivation for mangolds should be deep and 

 thorough. Plough the land well, then cultivate, 

 harrow, and work it down fine ; also cross-plough and 

 repeat the other operations if necessary. As a rule, 

 though, after winter greens cross-ploughing will not be 

 necessary. 



The strip where the mangolds are to be sown will be 

 the last to be cleared of the winter greens ; hence 

 quick cultivation is very necessary, especially in a dry 

 spring. In this connection a disc harrow along with a 

 good cultivator would help a tremendous lot. So much 

 so that, except on very heavy land, if the winter-green 

 stubble is tackled in damp weather (and generally in 

 spring there is a sufficiency of damp weather) plough* 

 ing will not be necessary. 



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