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either in its Long or its Globe varieties, for cultivation in 

 such a wide range of soils, and at the same time exhibiting 

 a vigour of growth and a power of production, under 

 suitable conditions, greatly exceeding that of the turnip, 

 we can readily understand why the mangold cultivation 

 steadily increases each year in the districts where it has 

 once been introduced. 



The proper place in the rotation for mangold is between 

 two straw crops ; the autumnal cultivation of the preced- 

 ing crop preparing the ground thoroughly for the recep- 

 tion of the mangold, while the liberal manuring, and -the 

 extra tillages bestowed upon that crop during its growth, 

 leave the soil in excellent condition for the grain crop that 

 has to follow it. Where mangold is admitted as a regular 

 portion of the root crop on a farm, it is always desirable 

 that it should alternate with turnips in occupying the 

 different fields set apart for the root crop each year; that 

 is to say, that the field occupied by turnips in the last 

 rotation should, when it comes round to roots again, be 

 occupied by mangold, and that the field originally in 

 mangold should then be sown with turnips. By this ar- 

 rangement, the interval between 'the growth of turnips 

 on the same ground would just be doubled, and each of 

 the other supplementary crops, as mangold, kohl-rabi, car- 

 rots, cabbages, &c., would have the same advantage, which 

 would be sure to tell very beneficially on their healthy 

 development and produce. The greater the number of 

 different plants possessing the same agricultural advan- 

 tages that we can introduce into our cultivation, the more 

 secure we shall be from the chances of weather and other 

 casualties to which our crops are always subjected, and 

 the better will it be for the health and general well-doing 

 of the stock. The good effects of a change of food on 

 stock of all descriptions are readily acknowledged. By 

 having a variety of farm produce we have the power not 



