Garden and farm manual : 1905 . eet for winter use Long Smooth Blood Red. An excellent, large, very late sort Swiss Chard or Silver. Cultivated for leaves, which are used as greens by Per oz. Jilb. $0 20 SO 50 10 20 10 30 10 25 10 30 10 25 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 25 10 20 10 20 Per lb. §1 506090 7090756050505065605550 8050 55 - POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS *3=» 21 MANGEL-WURZEL AND SUGAR CATTLE BEETS We strongly recommend the Mangels and Sugar Beets for feeding to cattle, sheep and swine. Theroots grow to a very large size, make a much heavier yield than Turnips, and are
Garden and farm manual : 1905 . eet for winter use Long Smooth Blood Red. An excellent, large, very late sort Swiss Chard or Silver. Cultivated for leaves, which are used as greens by Per oz. Jilb. $0 20 SO 50 10 20 10 30 10 25 10 30 10 25 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 25 10 20 10 20 Per lb. §1 506090 7090756050505065605550 8050 55 - POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS *3=» 21 MANGEL-WURZEL AND SUGAR CATTLE BEETS We strongly recommend the Mangels and Sugar Beets for feeding to cattle, sheep and swine. Theroots grow to a very large size, make a much heavier yield than Turnips, and are more nutritious andfattening for food during the winter, largely increasing the yield of milk in cows. They can be grownat trifling cost. The seed should be sown during April or May, in rows 2£ to 3 feet apart, at the rate offive pounds per acre. When the plants are 2 or 3 inches high, thin or cut out with the hoe to 10 or 12inches apart. The roots should be harvested before frost and stored in pits or Photograph of Prize Chirk Castle Mangel in comparison with the largest Improved Mammoth Long Red, both specimensgrown in same field, with same cultivation. We believe this specimen to be the largest Mangel ever grown in America. THE CHIRK CASTLE MANQEL-WURZEL BEET Remarkable for its handsome, thick, uniform shape and very broad shoulders, its diameterbeing greater and its weight much heavier than Mammoth Long Red, as shown in our photographabove. Flesh is deep red, containing less water and more sugar than any other Mangel, making itmore nutritious and milk-producing. Sheep also thrive better when fed on it, picking out pieces of itin preference to other kinds. It was originated in Scotland, where it has been known to produce 60tons to the acre. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c.; \ lb., 25c; lb., 75c, postpaid; by freight or express, lb., 65c; 5 lbs.(enough for one acre), $ ; 10 lbs. and over at 50c. per lb. All the following varieties of Mangel-Wurzel and Sugar Beets are put
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