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154&#93; 154] MAN v/ith a pailflil of warm water, in vrhich a quarter of a pound of soft soap has been dissolved, so that all scurf and tilth may be completely removed. The animal is riien to be gently dried, and on the suc- ceeding morning, every disordered limb is to be anointed vith the fol- loving preparation: — Take half a pound of strong mercurial oint- ment : three ounces of pulverized white belk-bore ; one ounce of black pepper in powder, and a similar quantity of oil of tartar. The whole must be incorporated with a sufii- cient quantity of sweet-oil, to give it a proper degree of softness ; and the unction should be repeated for seven, or ten days, or even a fort- night, according to the urgency of the symptoms, or the virulence (*>f the eruption. The powders of sul- phur and antimony, as well as the nitre, oaght to be continued for three weeks, or a month ; and, last- ly, when the horse appears suffici- ently invigorated, he should lose a small portion of blood, and after- wards swallow, at different times, two mild purgatives, by which a comnlete cure will be effeeted. ^rAXGEL-^VURZEL,or Root OF Scarcity, the Beta alhissima, L. is an exotic variety of the Beta Cicla. It is propagated from seeds, one or two of which are deposited, in the month of April or May, in holes dibbled at the distance of fromeight to eighteen inches asun- der. • The white and red-streaked roots of this plant are large and fleshy : affording excellent fodder for cows, to w'lose milk and cream they com- municate a delicious flavour. The Mangel-Wurzel produces abundance of leaves, ^vhich are MAN greatly relished by horses, sheep; cows and hogs : for the two last mentioned animals, however, it is necessary to cut them off the plant j because they are said to refuse eat- ing the fresh herbage from the roots. These leaves, being remark- ably tender, are dressed on the Continent in the same manner as spinach. — See Beet and Sugar. In those parts of Germany where the Root ot Scarcity is cultivated, farmers prefer it to potatoes, tur- nips, carrots, and every other vege- table for feeding cattle ; as both its root and leaves are free from the depredations of insefts ) but they acknowledge, that the animals do not fatten so readily on this as on the vegetables above specified. — - Although the Maugel-Wurzel has not answered the high expedations that were formed of its utility in Britain some years since, it is a valuable plant, and deserves the attention of agriculturists ; as there is no doubt that in certain soils, and in particular situations, it may prove a most useful article for the pur- poses above stated. JMANGLE, a valuable domestic machine, employed for the purpose of smoothing such linen as cannot be conveniently inmed. Various patents i^ive been grant- ed for improvements in this ma- chinery : but, as they are not ex- pired, and too complicated to be understood without the aid of en- gravings, we have annexed the tbllowing cut, representing an im- proved mangle contrived by Mr. Jee, ofRotherhamj to whom the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. in l/QS, voted their silver medal, for his ingenuity displayed on that occasion.