. Carrots, mangold wurtzels and sugar beets. Carrots; Sugar beet; Mangel-wurzel. 54 CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. our Canada neighbors can be arranged to cut for either class of stock. As good a one as I know of for stock purposes, cheapness, durability and effectiveness combined, is one sometimes known as the Whittemore machine, of which I present an engraving. This machine is capable of cutting about two .bushels a minute. Exper- iments in England have shown that 59 pounds of cooked Mangolds are equal to 70 of un- cooked ; but that meat made from steamed food wastes more when boiled. Le
. Carrots, mangold wurtzels and sugar beets. Carrots; Sugar beet; Mangel-wurzel. 54 CARROTS, MANGOLDS AND SUGAR BEETS. our Canada neighbors can be arranged to cut for either class of stock. As good a one as I know of for stock purposes, cheapness, durability and effectiveness combined, is one sometimes known as the Whittemore machine, of which I present an engraving. This machine is capable of cutting about two .bushels a minute. Exper- iments in England have shown that 59 pounds of cooked Mangolds are equal to 70 of un- cooked ; but that meat made from steamed food wastes more when boiled. Leaves of Mangolds should be fed with care as they are more apt to scour than those of any other WHITTEMORE CUTTER. root. The reason of this is that they contain comparatively a large quantity of -B poisonous acid, known by chemists as "oxalic" acid, the same that is developed in Rhubarb leaves, when slighdy wilt- ed, and which sometimes causes death when such leaves are eaten as ''; The practice sometimes followed in Europe, of feeding the leaves of the growing crop, where labor is very cheap, is thought to pay, as the leaves are gathered just as they begin to drop from their upright position and when their usefulness as nourishers of the root have ended. But with labor as cheap as may be, there is no economy in this, for, aside from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gregory, James John Howard, 1827-1910. [from old catalog]. Marblehead, Mass. , N. A. Lindsey & co
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