. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : for the vegetable garden, for the flower garden, for the lawn, for the farm, for the nursery. Commercial catalogs New York (State) New York; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. KmDS.—Nos. 260 to 284 inclusive are for feeding cattle. Nos. 290, 293 and 298, for making sugar from, as well as for cattle feed-. Mainmotli Red Manuel. Yellow Tankard Mangel. mg. Culture.—As aU Mangels require a deep soil in order to grow well, plow and subsoil at least a foot to eighteen inches,
. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : for the vegetable garden, for the flower garden, for the lawn, for the farm, for the nursery. Commercial catalogs New York (State) New York; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. KmDS.—Nos. 260 to 284 inclusive are for feeding cattle. Nos. 290, 293 and 298, for making sugar from, as well as for cattle feed-. Mainmotli Red Manuel. Yellow Tankard Mangel. mg. Culture.—As aU Mangels require a deep soil in order to grow well, plow and subsoil at least a foot to eighteen inches, and apply plenty of rich manure. Sow in May and June, in rows eighteen inches to two feet apart, and thin to eight inches in the rows. Young plants may he transplanted to fill up vacancies. A celebrated cultivator advises to sow in addition, when the plants are three to four inches high, at the rate of 100 lbs. Blood Guano, 200 Bone Flour and 400 lbs. Salt per acre. As soon as frost occurs dig the crop. But, in order to be well preserved for gradual consumption during the winter. Mangel Wurzels should be heaped to a height of perhaps six feet, on a dry, sloping situation. Cover at first with a piece of canvas, and, as the cold increases, this should be replaced by about six inches of either salt-hay, straw, sea weed, or even corn stalks. Lest this covering be dis- placed by the wind a light layer of earth is necessary. So soon as this surface soil becomes frozen, about six or eight inches more of earth should be placed over the entire heap. By following up this gradual process of covering, all danger of heating will be obviated. Sow from four to five pounds to the 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 J. M. Thorburn & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collecti
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