| 单词 | tillage |
| 例句 | Reducing tillage in drought areas means that soil does not become as hot, and cover crops planted over the winter season can be a huge help. Farmers are reckoning with a harsh new climate reality 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The farmers do as little soil digging as possible because traditional tillage destroys the fungal networks and the desirable soil structure. The zoo beneath our feet: We’re only beginning to understand soil’s hidden world 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z But a minute percent of U.S. corn is grown organically, and some organic farmers use excessive tillage to control weeds, thus negating many of the benefits organic methods should offer in a drought. Food corporations’ big drought play 2012-08-09T21:35:00Z This initiative offers financial assistance to farmers for a whole suite of practices that sequester carbon in soils, from reducing tillage to planting perennial vegetation to adding a thin layer of compost to the land. How will California’s climate ambitions reshape food and agriculture? 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z At the same time, tillage has increased in the region in recent years as farmers work to combat a growing number of herbicide-resistant weeds, explains Eugene Kelly, a soil scientist at Colorado State University. Dust is a growing problem. What role does farmland play? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z English slang is a field rich for tillage, as Max Décharné proves in “Vulgar Tongues,” a triumph of philological research and mordant social commentary. ‘Vulgar Tongues’ is pimped out with the dopest research 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Intense tillage is known to be bad for worms. If earthworms were a country, they’d be the world’s fourth largest producer of grain 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z He eventually became a notable proponent of no-till techniques, where crops are grown without disturbing the soil through tillage, which greatly reduces soil erosion and creates many environmental and climate benefits. Prominent Ohio farmer who became viral social media meme dies in Illinois crash 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z The money would provide farmers with technical and financial assistance to implement practices like planting cover crops or reducing soil tillage. Biden administration pledges fight to keep climate-friendly farming funds 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z He's not sure what the answer is, but he's confident that practices like cover cropping and reduced tillage make a difference. USDA to help farmers navigate the murky world of soil carbon offsets 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z With crops grown in farm fields, more intensive management means a reduction in the diversity of crops grown, combined with increased application of nutrients and use of mechanical soil tillage on the farm. Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The agreement allows use of shallow flooding, managed vegetation, gravel and tillage to contain and prevent dust emissions. Legacy of dust: How Owens Valley air pollution increases L.A. water bills 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z To burn less fuel, he’s considered skipping a tillage pass, a maneuver whereby a tractor manipulates soil to enhance crop growth. Sky-high diesel prices squeeze truckers, farmers, consumers 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Alternative practices generally encourage minimal tillage or no tillage methods. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Conservation tillage, where the soil is disturbed as little as possible, and the use of cover crops like ryegrass can enhance fertility while reducing the climate impacts of agriculture. Soaring fertiliser prices force farmers to rethink 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z We can conceive a parallel 4Rs framework for its management that takes into account: rotation of crops, residue management, return of manure and rate of tillage intensity. Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z For example, Maryland expects nearly half of its sequestration will result from conversion to no-till or reduced tillage methods. Opinion | Maryland opts for business as usual, not helping fight climate change 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Since many prewar southerners had raised their own food, tillage suffered when farmers entered the army, and poor facilities hindered transportation and distribution of the harvest. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Another aspect of soil tillage is that it may lead to more rapid decomposition of organic matter due to greater soil aeration. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Almost two centuries later, Deere’s corporate descendants were on the Strip, elbow to elbow with the crypto cowboys and mavens of the metaverse, touting the company’s latest advance in tillage technology: an autonomous tractor. Opinion | Is the world ready for the farmerless tractor? 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Type and frequency of disturbance through tillage determines how much added decomposition of soil organic matter occurs. Adjusting the intensity of farming can help address climate change 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Kovar says the company’s software can monitor some of these variables, like checking that individual shanks on tillage tools are still operational, but there are bound to be other issues. John Deere’s self-driving tractor lets farmers leave the cab — and the field 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Each tribe claimed its own territory for hunting and tillage, and specific plots belonged to different families or clans, but tribes owned their lands in common and individuals did not buy or sell land privately. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Practice changes like reducing fertilizer inputs and tillage can cut crop yields, for instance. The Latest Farm Product: Carbon Credits 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The Bayer Carbon Program pays growers up to $9 an acre for planting cover crops and reducing soil tillage. U.S. farm co-op CHS to pay members to enroll in Bayer carbon farming program 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Bayer's program is unique in that it compensates growers for planting cover crops and reducing tillage, rather than paying them for how many tonnes of verified carbon they sequester. Dollars in the dirt: Big Ag pays farmers for control of their soil-bound carbon 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The practice of tillage — churning the ground to destroy weeds and facilitate the planting of next year’s crop — has depleted the very earth from which our food is grown. Could this new version of an old grain help fight climate change and feed the world? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Additionally, industrial agriculture has spread monocropping, excessive tillage, and widespread use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Massively Reducing Food Waste Could Feed the World 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Then, when you gain that experience, experiment with mixtures, reduced tillage and other innovative practices. It’s time to start planning for fall cover crops 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z They’re pulling a tillage tool behind them or pulling a planter behind them planting seed. John Deere turned tractors into computers — what’s next? 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Besides cover crops, promising techniques for carbon storage include reducing or eliminating tillage and letting marginal croplands revert to plains or woods, said Adam Chambers, a U.S. Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z But tillage also tears soil loose from the plant roots that help hold it together, and also breaks down parts of the soil that are most rich in carbon and nutrients. Not keen on green: Organic farm criticized for harming land 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Ban fall tillage, which increases soil erosion and nutrient loss and is not necessary for growing corn and soybeans. Editorial Roundup: Iowa 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Reduced tillage, already practiced by thousands of farmers, was once considered a major climate win because researchers saw carbon accumulate near the surface of untilled soils. Planting crops — and carbon, too 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The company’s niche is providing secondary tillage, deploying its equipment after a harvest is complete to prepare the fields for the next planting. How High Tech Is Transforming One of the Oldest Jobs: Farming 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z It’s based on factors such as location, soil types, tillage practices, nutrient applications and crop cultivation. Carbon storage offers hope for climate, cash for farmers 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Those dust storms happen less often now because over the past two decades, many farmers in the region abandoned regular tillage. Not keen on green: Organic farm criticized for harming land 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Best will return to his beef and tillage farm in rural County Down, south of Belfast. Ireland skipper Best retires after All Blacks defeat 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z “You may not get your tillage work done that you need to do.” U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as farmers fear further harvest delays 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Beelman said he believes this is because tillage disrupts networks of bacteria and fungi. Uncovering how microbes in the soil influence our health and our food 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Fossil fuels are essential to tillage, transportation, grain drying, manufacturing fertilizer, pesticides, farm equipment and farm electricity. Opinion | Are some of these Democrats trying to lose? 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The delayed planting will push back harvest season, which will then push back autumn tillage, when fields are prepared for the next season of planting. U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand in fall harvest season 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z These stipulations include flooding fields after harvest, limiting tillage in the autumn, prohibiting the planting of genetically engineered crops and disallowing the hazing of waterfowl during the first four months of the year. Refuge management under fire 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “Because of what happened during fall tillage ... maybe you do not plant as much corn,” said Don Roose, president of U.S. Early winter weather puts U.S. safe-haven corn planting in doubt 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Proven techniques include making sure the soil is planted all year round, adding crop residues such as mulch and straw or compost, and minimizing tillage practices such as ploughing. Put more carbon in soils to meet Paris climate pledges 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z So does eliminating tillage, because farmers are driving tractors across the field fewer times, saving fuel. South Dakota researcher shows benefits of regenerative ag 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z It means growing crops with reduced tillage and it will involve adding a material called biochar, a type of charcoal made from plant matter, to the land. Five cheap ways to limit climate change 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Miller says the rain will affect tillage, which slows farmers down. Minnesota farmers worry about wet weather during harvest 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Combining these components into an integrated system amounts to a revolutionary departure from conventional practices that rely on heavy tillage and chemical use to grow one or two cash crops. To Feed the World Sustainably, Repair the Soil 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Jones advocates growing crops that use “fewer inputs,” like tillage and nitrogen. Food, innovation and resilience in the face of climate change 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z But synthetic fertilizers contain no carbon, and as their use spread along with tillage practices to incorporate them, soil carbon content declined. Opinion | Soil Power! The Dirty Way to a Green Planet 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The report says weather over the week was favorable for farmers finishing their harvest, completing fall tillage and applying fertilizer. Fall harvest in South Dakota close to wrapping up 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z With the help of biotechnology he’s reduced his tillage and herbicide usage. Today’s Technology Grows a Better Future for Farm Families 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Over generations, farming practices like monocropping and tillage have reduced the amount of organic matter in the soil, affecting plant growth. California Today: To Fight Climate Change, Heal the Ground 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Nesson Valley Irrigation Research Farm in North Dakota is in the middle of an eight-year research project on cropping systems and tillage practices. No-till study showing benefits, if farmers stick with it 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z They don’t like to till the soil, since tillage increases carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Opinion | Soil Power! The Dirty Way to a Green Planet 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Conservation tillage also reduces erosion and loss of nutrients and sediment from farm fields. Farmers can help clean up the Chesapeake 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Department of Agriculture said Monday that only 2.4 days were suitable last week for fieldwork such as tillage and manure applications. Fall fieldwork wraps up across Minnesota as weather allows 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z A downside of planting corn-on-corn and reducing soil tillage is that the Diplodia fungus can survive the winter on corn residue. Corn mold lurks in U.S. fields, threatening crop yields 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Applying nitrogen is an expensive process, it’s another tillage step, and for farmers trying to make a go with minimum tillage practices, it just doesn’t pay. Growers, elevators caught in grain glut 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z "Not one system will fit everybody and there's crops or soil conditions or topography that are a better fit for less tillage, or a little bit more," De-Jong Hughes said in a phone interview. Could No-Till Farming Reverse Climate Change? 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z This production practice entails growing our crops without disturbing the soil through tillage, conserving more moisture, reducing soil erosion and improving the health and productivity of soil by retaining nutrients and organic matter. Farmers can help clean up the Chesapeake 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Erosion is a key concern there, and Badini got involved as a graduate student in WSU efforts to reduce tillage and soil loss. WSU soil scientist dedicated to boosting skills of Afghan farmers 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The money will pay farmers to adopt conservation tillage practices, which reduce runoff by leaving stubble in fields and disturbing the soil less frequently. Hangman Creek cleanup essential to Spokane River health 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z “Every time you run a tillage machine through the field, you lose organic matter,” Berger said. Meet Iowa’s poster child for farm conservation 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z When they were able, farmers completed their fall tillage, applied fertilizers and baled corn stalks during the week. Soaking rains hamper final fieldwork at Minnesota farms 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z No tillage, and you reduce pesticide input to almost zero. University of Minnesota works to make Kernza wheat of future 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Wheat is a big focus, with Badini sharing conservation techniques that reduce tillage. WSU soil scientist dedicated to boosting skills of Afghan farmers 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Tanaka’s principles include avoiding tillage as much as possible and using cover crops to help feed the soil. Williston researchers study crops for pipeline reclamation 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The yields on these farms, according to recent studies, including in the science journal Nature, range between 5% and 38% lower than yields on non-organics, depending on individual crop and on tillage method. Trying to Teach Big Agra in a Hotbed of Locavores 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Most current approaches had focused on making changes in water management, tillage and fertilizer as a means to reduce methane. Genetic Tweaks Reduce Pollution from Growing Rice 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Theories about why that is include reduced tillage and restrictions on field burning. Oregon State University to add slug researcher 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z There are several projects in Minnesota aimed at changing farm tillage practices. Farmers find healthy soil works for crops, bottom line 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z All of which means, reseeding in the fall is likely, along with some light tillage to prepare the seedbed. Williston researchers study crops for pipeline reclamation 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Conservation tillage instead avoids turning the soil to allow its structure and microorganisms to build up. Agriculture: Increase water harvesting in Africa 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The wider ecological and social repercussions of personal decisions such as whether to use more fertilizer or pesticides, expand soil tillage or irrigation would become more apparent. Global change: Put people at the centre of global risk management 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z At the 27th Annual High Plains No-Till Conference in Burlington recently, Sayles, president of the Colorado Conservation Tillage Association, and other no-till farmers shared their successes and struggles with minimal to no tillage. To till or not to till: State farmers address the question 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Department of Agriculture’s 2012 census; reduced tillage happens only about 30 percent of fields. Farmers find healthy soil works for crops, bottom line 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Farmers tried to finish the harvest and fall tillage, but progress was limited across much of Minnesota. Snow, cold hamper Minnesota harvest wrap-up 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Now that harvest season is nearly over, farmers in central Illinois are turning their focus to tillage work and fertilizing, according to Kirchhofer. Fall harvest nearly complete in central Illinois 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The team says the project is part of a larger effort to develop more sustainable agricultural systems and support climate-smart agriculture - not using tillage or chemical fertilizers. Hayfield is test ground for crop-soil health 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z However, the study said it fell short of its goals for forest buffers, conservation tillage, stormwater practices, urban nutrient management and composite urban practices. Study: States short on some Chesapeake Bay goals 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z It took us 40 years to end edge tillage in this country, and overnight ethanol brought it back with a vengeance. It's Final -- Corn Ethanol Is Of No Use 2014-04-20T17:12:00Z "There's a lot of advertising on tillage and tillage equipment, and they receive mixed signals from it." How Growing Corn Could Produce Less Pollution 2013-12-05T16:45:00.521Z Another approach being encouraged is to minimize tillage. Microbiome: Soil science comes to life 2013-09-25T21:50:51.907Z Furthermore, it would include conservation tillage and organic farming practices that improve soil conditions by restoring soil structure, organic content and holding capacity, making farming landscapes much more resilient to floods and droughts. It s Time to Rethink America s Corn System 2013-03-05T15:45:00.580Z It wont pay tillage, I should think; but you know your own affairs best. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Edge tillage is planting right up to the edge of the field thereby removing protective bordering lands and increasing soil erosion, chemical runoff and other problems. It's Final -- Corn Ethanol Is Of No Use 2014-04-20T17:12:00Z There are several reasons farmers are averse to no-till or conservation tillage, said Fisher of the NRCS. How Growing Corn Could Produce Less Pollution 2013-12-05T16:45:00.521Z This technique, also known as conservation tillage, not only reduces moisture loss and excessive soil compaction, but also helps to increase microbial biodiversity below the soil surface. Microbiome: Soil science comes to life 2013-09-25T21:50:51.907Z Only a small part of the cultivable land is under tillage, the inhabitants being principally employed in pasturage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Knives, hatchets, kettles, and hoes of iron, had supplanted their rude household utensils and implements of tillage; but with all this, English whiskey had more than cancelled every benefit which English civilization had conferred. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Many spots might be chosen where, shelter and greater heat being secured, the fruits of tillage would be both larger and more certain. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Zero tillage can reduce labour, fuel, irrigation and other costs, but it requires more active farm management. Microbiome: Soil science comes to life 2013-09-25T21:50:51.907Z In such a district the soils, if they are treated right, become richer year by year, even though subjected to tillage, if the tillage be according to our best knowledge. Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 2012-03-12T03:00:27.817Z At that time hired labour was sparingly employed by the monks; for they themselves bore a share in the work of the artisans as well as in the ordinary drudgery of tillage. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The same land and tillage after drainage in a period of five consecutive years produced an average of nineteen and one-fourth bushels per acre. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z In practice the subdivision was certainly checked, as in the virgate system, by the necessity of keeping together the cattle necessary for the tillage. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The linen manufacture for a while prospered, and afforded a limited relief in a few places; but tillage was declining, and destitution was all round. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z It was State land and free, and I pitched my tent here, and that summer I cleared an open space for tillage and built a hut for the winter. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z Fit for plowing or tillage; Ð hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Yet there are buff-brown villages lying in the valleys among the buff-brown hills, and an enormous extent of country is under tillage. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z A most important feature of the mediaeval system of tillage was its compulsory character. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z In a few years more there was another scarcity of food, and then the Lord Lieutenant congratulated the country on the success of the linen trade, and recommended the encouragement of tillage. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z It tells of man's happy tillage of his plot of ground, yet blazes abroad the infinite abundance of God's wide husbandry of the world. Garden-Craft Old and New 2012-02-12T03:00:11.083Z They have no word for plough in their language, and they still follow the nomadic form of tillage known as jum cultivation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Nearly all the tribes have individual rights of tillage, and have expended much labour on their lands in irrigation and removing stones. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z It is assumed that the subject population is ready to help the lord for the tillage of his land, even beyond the customary duties imposed on it. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Wheat-farming represents the crown of agricultural achievement in England, and very good yields per acre are garnered, because the tillage is careful, the manuring generous, the climate favourable. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Paring, pār′ing, n. act of trimming or cutting off: that which is pared off: rind: the cutting off of the surface of grass land for tillage. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Hus′bandman, a working farmer: one who labours in tillage; Hus′bandry, the business of a farmer: tillage: economical management: thrift. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The greater portion of this surface is occupied by mountains, only a very small proportion being devoted to tillage. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Such a change may be effected in one of two manners: the customary rotation of crops may be altered, or else a part of the waste may be reclaimed for tillage. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z To some extent, also, labour-saving machinery is displacing the manual worker where the tillage of the soil still survives. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z The waste land has been mostly brought under tillage, but a very large acreage of the ancient forests is still occupied by wood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Rich soil and excellent tillage combine to produce abundant food supply for home consumption and foreign export. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z At the period of which we are now speaking, nearly every article of clothing was, in many districts, of domestic production, and was essentially connected with the tillage of the land. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z We have seen that the size and distribution of the holdings are connected with the number of oxen necessary for the tillage, and its relation to the full plough. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z He who with assumed holiness toils for himself in God's church, and cares nothing for Christ's tillage, will undoubtedly be accounted a money-chapman. The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. 2011-12-20T03:00:28.907Z They would establish a system of land tillage by their intensive methods which would support in comfort and plenty a family on every acre. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z But it was nothing but the first tillage of the season that made him so content. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z The plough and the harrow were the sole instruments of tillage at the beginning of this century. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Spring, too, brought wizened Mr. Pryse, the agent, intrusively prying round the farm, his half-shut eyes scanning homestead and tillage with eager craving to discover signs of the mismanagement over which rumour had been busy. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z Here water must be conveyed to the dry earth, there the tillage must be protected against the sand-storms of the desert. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z For the world can hardly afford that these people should merely feed and grovel in the sun, when all the tillage of the tropics lies fitted to their hand. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Cattle and tillage mutually improve each other, 93. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Scanning the heights with a field-glass, one descries a man working on some jutting point or tiny patch of tillage so steep that a stone would hardly lie. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He leaped from the larch wood into tillage, The cobbler's garden of Barton village. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Xenophon tells us that the Persian kings gave special attention to agriculture; on their journeys they inquired into the tillage of the land, and demanded similar attention from their satraps. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Garden culture means not only good tillage of the soil, but good treatment in other respects. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z But, without the bounty, it maybe said the state of tillage would not have been the same. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Nevertheless, the tillage of Montpelier was productive and its soil held in a state of progressive improvement. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Gold and silver he drew from Zacatecas and Tehuantepec; but he seems to have wisely thought that the permanent wealth and revenue of himself and his heirs would best be found in tillage. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z How natural all this sounds,—agriculture the basis of society, tillage of the soil alike useful and honorable. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z They shall invade the tillage of husbandmen, and devour all the grain of the harvests. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z As for tillage, he had about eighty stone of potatoes last year, and by his stock he realized £12; that includes £6 7s. 6d. that he received for a couple of veal calves. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z Its mighty barrier stretched north and south into the misty distance, leaving always between its base and the shore a narrow strip of level land that was given up to tillage. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The land, however, is good, and under proper management very productive, as respects both tillage and pasturage. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z As a rule, sheep-farming is resorted to where the soil is of inferior quality and unsuitable for tillage and the breeding of cattle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z It abounds with all kinds of metal, and has plains of large extent, and hills fit for the finest tillage, the richness of whose soil affords variety of fruits in their proper seasons. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z An astute antiquarian eye, however, may define the site of the town by the few scattered bricks which the ploughshare has mingled with the ordinary tillage of the fields. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z If all the results of laborious tillage are liable to be carried off or destroyed at any moment by marauding foes, there is little encouragement to engage in that kind of industry. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z The diamond mines of Brazil, which were discovered in 1727, yielded an extraordinarily rich harvest during the first years of tillage. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z The proportion of tillage to pasturage is roughly as one to four; and owing to the nature of the country fully one-third of the total area is quite barren. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z There, since the raising of the siege of Castle Mountjoy, Old Marvin, the archer, and his gray-haired dame had had their cottage and half dozen acres of mowing and tillage. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z The tillage to which the ground was subjected for the purposes of the fruit farm much improved its character, and in dry weather it presents as good a tilth as could be desired. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z The Union once more destroyed our industries and even our tillage and turned Ireland into a cattle-ranch; our mercantile marine was destroyed. The Issue The Case for Sinn Fein 2011-07-26T02:00:19.407Z Civilization has a deeper stake in the tillage of the ground than in the other arts, since its roots are fast planted therein, and it thrives only as this flourishes. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z The northern portion of the division contains rich pasture and tillage ground, beautifully diversified with hill and dale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z They cultivate the earth not too willingly; and if any one wins profit from tillage, he prefers to settle on his own fields rather than on those of a master. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Who can compute the amount of losses by the obstruction of tillage and commerce, and the waste of life; for every full-grown, able-bodied man, is of value to the country that reared him. Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character 2011-06-25T02:00:21.120Z The lands were divided, and to each family was assigned a sufficient portion for its support by tillage or cattle rearing. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z His is no mere cloud tillage, nor unproductive earth culture. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z In 1879 he returned to Clayton, formerly part of Lincoln, and reclaimed a swamp of over six hundred acres, making it a productive meadow and tillage farm. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The reports from agriculture indicate an increasing tillage and a larger financial return, an advance in the price of land, and vastly improved living conditions of the farm. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z This necessity has led, along 649 with a passion for the chase, to the preservation of forests, and to the establishment of an admirable system of forest cultivation, almost as carefully conducted as field tillage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Give wine to me, The best of all your tillage! Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems 2011-04-14T02:01:01.217Z It is unlawful to regard them as enemies of human tillage. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z The tillage, as the author says, "is loamy and fine for trucking." Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z This polite remonstrance gives rise to a discussion with regard to the proper definition of a villa, and whether that appellation can be applied to a residence, where there is neither tillage nor pasturage. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Carefully saved, the product of one well will serve to moisten and vivify a good many acres of grass or tillage. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z The soil of the domain is a deep loam, well calculated for tillage and grazing. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z Lands newly broken up from pasture suit it well, as these are generally freer from weeds than those that have been long under tillage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The proportion of tillage to pasture is roughly as 1 to 2�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Most tragic of all, after it was fit for tillage, it did not belong to the man whose labour had made it so, but to his English landlord, who promptly proceeded to raise the rent! The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Outside of the villages, the population of that county was probably as great in 1830 as it is to-day, though the annual production of her tillage was not half what it now is. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z They have, however, half an acre of agricultural absurdity, divided into meadow and tillage, near the harbour, and they talk bucolic all the way. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z The larger tenantry, who were supposed to be able to look after their own interests, were entirely debarred, and tenants enjoying leases were excluded from claiming compensation, except for tillages, buildings and reclamation of lands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z With other results of the tillage of that rich and boundless estate, the nation's mind, so long fallow, so negligently worked, I shall not at present concern myself. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Besides this is an agricultural country, and it will never be anything else; and over wide stretches of it, grazing pays better than tillage will ever do, so grazing there will be. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z There are men who can each manage thousands of acres of tillage, just as there are those who can skillfully wield an army of a hundred thousand men. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Pines and larches alone flourish, garden vegetables are grown only in sunny spots, and there is no tillage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z The fine waving surface to your left is all tillage land; and the islands in the bay are his. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Demeter and the foundation of the art of tillage are said to signify the descent of intellect into the realms of generation, the greatest benefit and ornament which a material nature is capable of receiving. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z The field must not be abandoned; it must be cultivated, and new forms of tillage will bring forth abundant harvests. Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals 2011-01-25T03:00:24.873Z Thistles, White Daisy, and every plant that impedes tillage and diminishes crops, are nourished and diffused by means of pastures. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Our tillage is worth fifty-six francs a hectare. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Thus tillage was marked with a bar sinister from its birth. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z There was tillage even, green crops of beetroot growing close to the ground, and tall yellowing corn, far behind the main German trenches. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z It showed admirable knowledge in the method of restoring prosperity to the country, awakening its industrial life, increasing tillage, and opening inland navigation. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z I presume that Wheat and other crops would be devastated by insects if there were no slovenly, niggard, exhausting tillage. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z How the tillage and culture of New England or Ohio would crown those swells of land with sheaves of grain! The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The seed is committed to the ground in spring, as soon as the earth is capable of tillage. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z In a few districts a slight sort of plough is used, but the usual instrument of tillage is a kind of cleaver. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The new settlers, who used iron tools instead of bronze, could clear forests and open plains for tillage. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z And yet I have seen in that valley many ample stretches covered with Corn, whereof the tillage seemed susceptible of improvement. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Upon the whole, their fruitfulness, tillage, and the occasion and manner of their being peopled, are what we may rather admire than understand. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z He had purposely selected a way that took them across many of young Whitmarsh’s ill-stocked fields, fields in which sedge and charlock wrote an indictment of neglected drains and half-hearted tillage. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z The report said that about half of soybeans were already being grown with little or no tillage by the time Roundup Ready soybeans were introduced in 1996. Study Finds Benefits in Modified Crops but Warns of Overuse 2010-04-13T15:33:00Z Easier and easier Across the country there are more than 160,000 farmers using basins or other minimum tillage methods, including large-scale commercial farmers. Farming fame 2010-04-06T06:48:00Z I am sure they will find profit in farming better than their grandfathers did, and especially in putting their land into the best possible condition for effective tillage. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z The best plowed tillage land I ever saw, I have had performed by two mules tandem, without lines or driver. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The farm of Meikle Farness was obsolete enough in its usages and modes of tillage, to have formed no uninteresting study to the antiquary. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 The road led through a rich, fertile country largely under tillage, but also largely consisting of great fenced pastures. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The acreage under pasture slightly exceeds that of tillage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" One fine Spring morning, a neighbor called and offered to plow for $5 my acre of tillage not cut up by rows of box and other shrubs; and I told him to go ahead. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z These are still cultivated, as well as the vine and cereals, but Attica is better suited for pasture than tillage. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Cattle ranching is successfully carried on in the south, but tillage, with and even without irrigation, is also carried on, fine crops of wheat being grown. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide I had with me gun-bearers from the hunting tribes of the plains, men accustomed to the chase, but brought up in villages where there was tillage and where goats and cattle were raised. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The proportion of barren land to the total area is roughly as 1 to 9; and of tillage to pasture as 2 to 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" He will tell you that the third range, comprehending the eastern part of the island, is studded with farms, and that tillage is the great occupation and interest of the inhabitants. How to Observe Morals and Manners The abolition of the corn-duty would be immediately followed by the abandonment of a large part of the soil now under tillage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 It is entitled the Book of Husbandry, and contains directions for draining, clearing, and enclosing a farm, for enriching the soil, and rendering it fit for tillage. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide And it might be easily presumed, independently of proof, that woods were cleared, marshes drained, and wastes brought into tillage, during the long period that the house of Plantagenet sat on the throne. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Year by year man's tillage advances; the wilderness and the solitary place is made glad by his toil, and the desert rejoices and blossoms as the rose. Misread Passage of Scriptures These were yet spotted over with stumps of trees, that seemed to leave but little freedom to the course of the ploughshare, and bespoke a thriftless and slovenly tillage. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency In the cleared parts of the country there was much pasture and tillage various kinds of corn and vegetables were grown, and the land was very fertile and well watered with springs and rivulets. A Reading Book in Irish History Worked on old lines, the custom of tillage remained in force on them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" An amazing excess of tillage accompanied, and partly, I suppose, produced this imperfect cultivation. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The vineyard is the visible field of God's tillage. Misread Passage of Scriptures Through the scented bloom-hung valleys, Over tillage, wood and plain, Comes the soothing south wind laden With the sweet impartial rain. Later Poems There was more pasture than tillage; and the pasture land was not fenced in, but was grazed in common. A Reading Book in Irish History If we debar tillage, we give scope to the depopulating. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" On the right, a third figure holding a tillage tool is partly erased. Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album The soil in those districts not well adapted for tillage is peculiarly favourable for trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Among birds, the house sparrow may be cited as a species known to have extended its range with the tillage of the soil. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The monks were always busily employed; some at tillage on the farm round the monastery—ploughing, digging, sowing, reaping—some teaching, others writing books. A Reading Book in Irish History At any rate, the patriarchal household community with collective tillage and ownership of land now assumes an entirely different meaning than heretofore. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The distant shore of Munster, rich in tillage and pasture-land, was lit up too with cornfield and green meadow, leafy wood and blue mountain, all glowing in their brightest hue. Jack Hinton The Guardsman With the exception of a few large farms, it is limited to a scanty tillage of the meadows. Edelweiss A Story Industries.—The extension of Dublin city and its suburbs has no doubt had its influence on the decrease of acreage under both tillage and pasture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" This is done by deep tillage, and by mixing in with the soil manures, green crops, like clover, and commercial fertilizers. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Certes this fruitfulness was not unknown unto the Britons long before Cæsar’s time, which was the cause wherefore our predecessors living in those days in manner neglected tillage and lived by feeding and grazing only. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison Granting, what we have ourselves seen, that there is much good farming and well-farmed land to the north of the Tweed, we cannot deny there is also much neglected land and much unskilful tillage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 We be to zay what land we got—how many acres under tillage— They seeks to find that out for what?—not surely with intent to pillage. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) I have founded him 'who sold tillage, and house, and goods,' upon something in 'The Red Pony,' a folk tale in Mr. Larminie's 'West Irish Folk Tales.' The Wind Among the Reeds Killing weeds is but a minor business, compared with tillage. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place Oats, potatoes and turnips are the principal crops, but the extent of land under tillage shows a general decrease. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" With the actual tillage of soil, control of the space tilled becomes absolutely necessary, and more necessary with every improvement in agriculture which takes the nature of permanent improvement upon the soil. Rural Health and Welfare Land of this character has no value for tillage, and has practically little value for pasturage. Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 “Common appendant,” said the Elizabethan judges, “is of common right, and commences by operation of law and in favour of tillage.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The Fall is denoted by the transgression of both these commands, especially through the use of implements of tillage, to which the woman is tempted by a female friend who is given to her. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The island has again become an important point of call and has a considerable trade in olive oil; under a more careful system of tillage the value of its agricultural products might be largely increased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Hence in each town there is some man who is, in his brain and performance, an explanation of the tillage, production, factories, banks, churches, ways of living, and society, of that town. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse The tillage was as rude and destructive as anything we read of in pioneer history. Our Southern Highlanders The use was a necessity, not depending upon the habits of this or that householder; it was a use for commonable cattle only, and was connected with the tillage of the arable lands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" They are composed of deep rich loam, and are distinguished as the black corcasses, adapted for tillage, and the blue, used more advantageously as meadow land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The liberty of exporting wool had also now been cut down before the English manufactures were able to take up the home supply, and agriculturists were consequently forced to extend their tillage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Its enforced ignorance, and its legally and morally degraded condition, incapacitated the slave-holding States from diversifying their single industry and limited them to the tillage of the earth. Modern Industrialism and the Negroes of the United States The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 12 It appears, also, that the soil needs little or no manuring and very little tillage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The snow had been heavier away from the city and covered tillage, trees and stone walls alike with a tracked and sullen late-winter dark-white blanket. A World Apart Industries.—The soil and surface of the county are in general better adapted for grazing than for tillage, and the acreage devoted to the former consequently exceeds three times that of the latter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Such are deposits of coal, ores, or oil, and those ingredients of loam which are exhausted by tillage. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy The system of tillage, therefore, resembles market-gardening rather than the broad method of cultivation common in Europe and America. Across Asia on a Bicycle In intellectual, as in other tillage, the true secret of thrift is to plough deep, not to skim over a large surface. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Oats will produce something on poor land, with bad tillage, but repay thorough fertilization and tillage as well as most other crops. Soil Culture They expected that they could easily get land, the tillage of which would insure them a measure of independence. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times There would be the same need of food stuffs as before, and the tillage of lands would be pushed to the present margin, where the yield is smallest. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy The man, a stooped farmer, has toiled for days to clear this land for tillage. The Land of Look Behind Inland spreads the undulant vastness of the sheep-spotted downs; beyond them the tillage and the woods of Sussex weald, coloured like to the pure sky above them, but in deeper tint. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Reasonable tillage will produce one thousand bushels to the acre of beets and carrots, and two hundred more of parsnips. Soil Culture Jucundus, then, set out to see how the land lay with his nephew, and to do what he could to prosper the tillage. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century The lake could be drained to a good meadow; draining at the same time the meadows adjoining, while the beech trees could be sold, and the land they occupy turned into tillage. A Danish Parsonage Side by side with the village community system there was a separate development of individual ownership and tillage, which developed into the manorial system. History of Human Society Shall the normal tenant earn wages beyond what he gets from the land under his own tillage? The Landleaguers But by this practice they are great losers; they never get over one half the hay or pasturage that could be obtained by frequent tillage and manuring, and a rotation of crops. Soil Culture His tillage of the soil and his household economy are the most conservative in all American population. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology At last one of them remarked, "We shall require much help up on our farm this year, for the Lord has blessed both tillage and pasture." Skipper Worse The first tillage of the soil was meagre, and the invention of agricultural implements proceeded slowly. History of Human Society If agitation ceased they must again betake themselves to the tillage of their farms, according to ministerial doctrine, and be compelled to become industrious when they ceased to be PROTECTED. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The truth of the matter respecting soils for wheat, is, that any soil good for corn, potatoes, or a garden, may, with proper tillage, produce the best of wheat. Soil Culture The landlord personally oversees the tillage of several farms. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology To bring a swamp into tillage is generally a process to complete which requires several years. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy In Sweden the earliest records of tillage represent a huge hoe made from a stout limb of spruce with the sharpened root. History of Human Society The owner hated to see soil and space wasted; the vine-dresser was reluctant to sacrifice a tree, and proposed better tillage and more fertilizer. The Social Principles of Jesus She appeals to the Immortals for instruction in tillage with a view to security and welfare. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems His tillage of the soil was successful in that it maintained the fertility of the soil, that it produced large quantities of food for the consumer, and that it was profitable. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology Agriculture has hitherto kept steady pace with the increase of the population; new land has been taken into tillage, and vast quantities remain which are still improveable. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 These were all owned, except perhaps the house lot, by the entire community, and every year the tillable land was parcelled out by the elders of the community to the heads of families for tillage. History of Human Society Rice, which is the most common crop, requires irrigation for its successful tillage. Japan After a time, with tillage, came the possession of property, and established custom grew slowly into law. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems The country church of the husbandman must therefore be a church in harmony with the tillage of the soil by science. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology But, on the contrary, there is a chance not of one future famine, but of many, if the protective duties are removed, and the land at present under tillage permitted to fall back. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 This movement has called attention to the practicability of establishing town or community forests on cheap land unsuitable for tillage, as a source of income to the community. The Farmer and His Community Some of the lands which have been longest in use have been harmed by improper tillage, but the injury may easily be repaired by intelligent management. The Negro Farmer There even now were traces of their peaceful life; the fish-ponds and the tillage still kept in cultivation. Another Sheaf He found at once that the farmers about him were forced to study the tillage of their soil, because it had been exhausted of fertility by methods of farming no longer profitable. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology Ulster is tillage—the South is mostly grazing. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The time in the season to stop tillage depends on the locality, the season and the variety. Manual of American Grape-Growing I regard the national mind, as the philosopher does the natural soil, always capable of the essential produce, where we give it the due tillage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 He might have been a young squire at home, overlooking his farms, one eye for the tillage or the upkeep of fence and hedge, another for a covey, or a hare in a farrow. The Spanish Jade Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is peopled with them and their tillage of the soil has continued through two centuries. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology The hills are cultivated to the topmost peak, or planted with trees where tillage is impossible. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule In some regions plowing and cultivating may be made a means of combating insects and fungi, and this regulates the depth of tillage. Manual of American Grape-Growing The enclosure movement was not merely the displacement of one system of tillage by another system of tillage; it involved the temporary displacement of tillage itself in favor of grazing. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction There are no traces of decayed large towns nor records of pirate strongholds, and the conclusion is that the inhabitants were fishermen, and some living by hunting and crude tillage. The Coinages of the Channel Islands Everyone testifies to the leadership of the "best families" in the transformation of the older modes of the tillage of the soil to the newer. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology The fields are desolate, tillage is suspended, and the whole of the cattle are driven out of sight. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The chief objection to this method is the amount of summer tying involved which comes at a time when attention to tillage should be given. Manual of American Grape-Growing Unsatisfactory as our statistical information is on this important question, it is far more complete than the evidence on the subject of the reconversion to tillage of arable land which had been turned into pasture. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Colonel Sullivan remarked that they had a little more land under tillage than he remembered, and Ulick Sullivan assented. The Wild Geese Like unto the tillage of the soil by the minister was the "donation" to the minister, of vegetables, corn, honey and other farm products. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology All sorts of land within a small compass, rock, bog, tillage, and excellent grazing. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule There are several methods of diminishing the vigor of the vine; as, withholding water and fertilizers, stopping tillage, the method of training and by pruning. Manual of American Grape-Growing Before the price of wool began to rise, it is supposed that tillage was profitable enough, and that nothing but the higher profits to be made from grazing induced landholders to abandon agriculture. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction It was the belief of the authorities in the London Company that the colonists would all live in small communities for mutual protection and perform their tillage operations, if any, outside the settlement. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 The serious tillage of the soil necessarily involves mutual support and the husbandman's life is in his community. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology The country appeared to be in a tolerable state of cultivation; but the mode of tillage exhibited no extraordinary degree of skill or of labour. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton As soon as the shoots have made sufficient growth they are loosely tied to the wires that they may be kept away from the tillage tools. Manual of American Grape-Growing Here it need only be pointed out that the withdrawal of land from cultivation was under way because tillage was unprofitable. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Likewise the Normans in the eleventh century brought over their methods of tillage. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 The wastefulness of American farming begins in the tillage of too many acres. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology By rearing fruits and grains and other vegetables by artificial tillage in cultivated ground. Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series The chief function of tillage is to save moisture by checking evaporation and to put the soil in such condition that its water-holding capacity is increased. Manual of American Grape-Growing As a matter of record, the course of prices was such as to encourage the extension of tillage rather than of pasture. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction We are worthy of nothing but the tillage of fields and whatever industries the will of the mother country directs. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The tillage of the soil in those farming communities from which the blacksmith, the storekeeper, the peddler and the shoemaker have departed, is very lonely. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology I have about twenty acres of Indian corn on the ground, which, considering the newness and imperfect tillage of the land, promises a considerable crop. The History of Dartmouth College Tillage is difficult in hilly regions and the operation is often neglected in hillside vineyards, as in the Central Lakes region of New York, but even here some sort of tillage is universal. Manual of American Grape-Growing The plowing up of pasture land for tillage cannot, then, be explained by the effect of enclosure upon the quality of wool. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction After them came the strangers that inhabited Athens, carrying mattocks, instruments proper for tillage. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) The valleys are watered by mountain torrents, often diverted to irrigate the lands under tillage, as well as gardens and vine and olive plantations. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. It is here a yellow clay, well adapted for grass; but, when exhausted by repeated cropping, it will be unprofitable for tillage. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe No—the average nature of women is too shallow and feeble a soil to bear much tillage; it is only fit for the very lightest crops.” The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete The extension of tillage over much land formerly laid to pasture as well as that which had never been plowed at all is sufficient cause for doubting a prohibitive increase in wages. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction The staple industries, tillage, stock-raising, and those connected with the supply of the common articles of clothing, furniture, fuel, and other necessaries were widespread over the whole country. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production It is the ripeness of a thousand years of ever-recurring tillage, blushing its scarlet rays of blood and conquest ante-dating historic "Runny Meade." Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century But, as they proceeded, the country became level, with a cold heavy soil, better adapted to grass than tillage. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Forests were to some extent cleared away by the sides of the new roads, and fresh ground was thrown open to tillage. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Is it not possible that these influences caused an exorbitant rise in wages which would alone account for the substitution of sheep-farming for tillage? The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Supposing the crop to be half a ton to the acre, the bare tillage will be 10s. Highways and Byways in Surrey Deep and frequent tillage, that there may be no check in growth until the plants are nearly ready to head. The Cauliflower They may cultivate different fields, where the ease of tillage or the fertility of the soils may be different. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Some kind of rotation of crops, some kind of combination of tillage and stock-raising is necessary to every agriculturist. Principles Of Political Economy The conversion of arable land to pasture was caused by no demand for higher wages, which made tillage unprofitable. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Along the Peiho river lay a sandy plain with scant tillage and great stretches of barren lands. Winning the Wilderness In 1627 King Charles I., who was lord of the island, entered into a contract with Cornelius Vermuyden, a Dutchman, for reclaiming the meres and marshes, and rendering them fit for tillage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Let them point out the elevations and depressions; the mowing, the pasture, the wood, and the tillage land; the trees, the houses, and the streams. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes On this part of the road, the ground is almost all under tillage, but the soil is poor; there is very little wood, and the general appearance of the country is therefore very bleak. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Nor can high wages account for the conversion of tilled land to pasture simultaneously with the conversion of pasture land to tillage in the seventeenth century. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction It will be easily seen how tillage operations are calculated to influence these physical properties of a soil. Manures and the principles of manuring Hence it seems proper to take the regular employment of tillage with irrigation as marking the end of the lower period of barbarism in the New World. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Vineyards required more expenditure of labor than ordinary tillage. Ancient States and Empires The prejudices and the poverty of their ancestors, have not ceased to have their effects in the present generation, in retarding the improvement in the tillage, and in the farm instruments. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. The land which was converted from arable to pasture was worn out; but there was fresh land available for tillage, and some of this was brought under cultivation. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction This pulverisation of the soil goes on in nature independently of the farmer, but only very slowly, and the farmer has therefore to hasten it on by means of tillage operations. Manures and the principles of manuring Agent Smith, in charge, says that their country is barren, with only here and there patches susceptible of tillage, accessible only by canoe or steamboat. The Indian Question (1874) The rearing of cattle became more profitable than tillage, and small farms were absorbed in great estates. Ancient States and Empires The cultivators left the corn-fields until the next day’s sun and a night of seepage might once more fit the black soil for tillage. The Brown Mouse It is necessary to choose a theory of prices which will explain either the extension of tillage or the extension of pasture; both cannot be explained by the same prices. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction He accordingly sowed his crops in rows or ridges, wide enough apart to admit of thorough tillage of the intervals by ploughing as well as by hand-hoeing. Manures and the principles of manuring The land reclaimed is now in excellent tillage, and one farm on the tract is referred to in agricultural journals as one of the three model farms of the world. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Italian farms depreciated from the conversion of tillage into pasture lands and parks, as in England in the present day. Ancient States and Empires For instance, there was a law against turning tillage land into pasturage. Charles I Makers of History If six bushels an acre was necessary to pay the costs of tillage, land which returned less than six bushels could not be kept under the plow. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Another important bearing tillage has on plant-growth may here be discussed. Manures and the principles of manuring The soil was mainly mountain land and meagrely productive under toilsome and careful tillage. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History But the right of receiving dues, or of appointing another to receive them, gave him no power over the actual tillage of the soil. On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay The northeastern states are unrivaled in the production of grass, and have considerable areas less fitted for tillage 176 than the prairie states. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Plots which had formerly yielded their five or six bushels an acre had become too barren to produce the bare minimum which made tillage profitable, and their produce no longer appeared in the average. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction The soil that is unable to throw off any excess of water becomes cold and damp, and does not admit of proper tillage. Manures and the principles of manuring A means of occupation had been denied Jim during the period of stagnation and what mere existence could now be eked out depended solely in the tillage of the land upon which he dwelled. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution Relation of Soil and Soil Tillage to Farm Crops: Soil-forming agents, as running water, ice, frost, heat, wind, plants, and animals, and inferences as to methods of tillage. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study He attributes his large yields mainly to drainage, thorough preparation of the soil, good tillage, spraying, clover and alfalfa, manure and commercial fertilizers. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know The bailiffs complained of the exorbitant wages demanded by servants in husbandry; these wages were exorbitant only because the produce of the land was so small that it was not worth the pains of tillage. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Thus, in the case of a stiff soil, tillage increases its power for absorbing the atmospheric gases, chiefly oxygen, which are so necessary for rendering its fertilising matters available. Manures and the principles of manuring The general advice for the growing of strong apple-trees is to give the land good tillage from the first and to withhold other cropping after the trees come into profitable bearing. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 The office of a bishop in his day left little time for spiritual tillage either at home or abroad. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England The frank contempt of law and blood, which receives a daily illustration, must needs take a firmer hold of the observer than the peaceful tillage of the fields and the silent acquisition of knowledge. American Sketches 1908 They seem, rather to have remained open and to point to a gradual abandonment of arable tillage. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction He accordingly published a work entitled 'Horse-hoeing Husbandry,' in which he advocated a system of thorough tillage. Manures and the principles of manuring Clean tillage for the first part of the season and the raising of a cover-crop in the latter part, to be plowed under, is a standard and dependable procedure. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 Besides the former benefits, their young ones may be framed to the yoke, for carting and tillage of our ground. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. To such I wish to call attention to the fact that I have emphasized in this matter, first, the tillage methods, and that I am making no knock against cultivation. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. In 1619, a commission was appointed to consider the granting of licenses "for arable lands converted from tillage to pasture." The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Roots flourish best on a light soil which is neither too wet nor too dry; but with liberal manuring and careful tillage, they may be said to do well on any soil. Manures and the principles of manuring Its application can hardly be as widespread as clean tillage, on level lands. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 Spare as we may, the subversion of the ancient balances and adjustments must be complete before the earth is ready for our tillage and other modes of use. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization They do not require the service of high cost labor for annual tillage of the soil. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 Displacement of tillage due to an internal cause precedes displacement of tillage for sheep pasture. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction This tendency in ordinary arable soils is largely counteracted by ordinary tillage operations, such as ploughing, &c., by means of which the lime is again brought to the surface. Manures and the principles of manuring When they do not allow of tillage, easy spraying, and economy in harvesting, however, they cannot compete with level orchards. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 The shepherds, who had supplanted the hunters, became less numerous than the tillers of land; and the era of tillage husbandry began. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock For example, four large pecan trees or black walnut trees on an acre of ground without tillage or fertilizer may average a thousand pounds of nut meats annually for a century. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924 Before 1460, then, there was nothing in market conditions to favor the extension of sheep farming, but there is reason to believe that the withdrawal of land from tillage had already begun. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Two or three plants may thus be enabled to grow in a thoroughly tilled soil in the same space as only one could before tillage. Manures and the principles of manuring In orchard conditions, the moisture is conserved by the addition of humus to the land, and by thorough judicious tillage; and in dry regions it is supplied by irrigation. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 A large proportion of the farm horses used by the small farmers of Ireland are totally unsuited for tillage purposes. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Page 59The Hatch act of 1887 made generous Federal provision for the establishment of agricultural experiment stations "for the investigation of the laws and principles that govern the successful and profitable tillage of the soil." Colleges in America No diminution of the area under tillage beyond that which had already of necessity taken place occurred, and the grass land already present in the fields was made available for more profitable use. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction This condition exemplifies the value of tillage operations. Manures and the principles of manuring The tillage and care of plants lessen the struggle for existence. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 As winter approaches, the young sheep on tillage farms receive soft turnips, and sometimes a little hay or straw. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Lime in this form not only is an effective agent for correcting soil acidity, but it improves the physical condition of tough and intractable clays, rendering them more friable and easy of tillage. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Land which had been converted to pasture was being put under the plow because of the greater profit of tillage. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction Yet the villages lie in the midst of great circles of cultivated land, for the tillage of man is immemorial here. The Goose Man I fear it is now a habit with many fruit-growers to minimize the interest in varieties, placing the emphasis on tillage, spraying and management of plantations. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 A few miniature olive and currant orchards, attempts at vineyards, and trifling patches of beans and grain, represented the sole efforts at tillage. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula The purpose of tillage is in no small degree to bring about disintegration and resulting exhaustion of vegetable matter. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Sheep-farming was comparatively profitable because the soil of the ancient fields was too barren to repay the costs of tillage. The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction For all hard labour outside mere tillage is done by them. A Tramp's Notebook For this reason, budded trees are usually very large and strong for their age when compared with piece-root trees grown under similar conditions of climate, tillage and soil. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 It consists, generally, of fertile and gently undulating land, which is employed almost entirely for tillage, and is but little visited by tourists or travellers. Rollo in Scotland If lime in proper amount does not go into each square foot of an acid soil, some of the soil will remain sour unless mixing is done by implements of tillage. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement He was a product of the plant just as much as ploughs and tillage implements were. Stubble He was versed even in the peculiarities of their methods of tillage, was able to explain distinctions of costume and racial appearance, and might have spent his life in studying all their customs and folklore. A Son of the Immortals Attention will be given to improvement of wheat, soil renovation, fertilising and tillage methods, rotation of crops, &c. Wheat Growing in Australia Though they might suffer by the change to tillage, the parish and the nation at large reaped golden harvests. William Pitt and the Great War It is the soil rich in lime that can make the best response to tillage and fertilization. Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement Scores of hardy fishermen catch their breakfasts there in five minutes, all the year round, and no tillage is needed to make the production continue equally good for a thousand years to come.' The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe Belgium is as careful and as productive, but its alternations of tillage or grass with woodland are by no means so frequent nor so picturesque as I see here. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. At the Roma State Farm and Hermitage State Farm extensive wheat experiments are carried out in the way of manurial trials, variety tests, and methods of tillage. Wheat Growing in Australia Though on them the traditional rotation of crops was stupid and the husbandry slipshod, yet the semi-communal tillage of the three open strips enabled Hodge to jog along in the easy ways dear to him. William Pitt and the Great War Individual farming is rare, land tillage being usually a community affair. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The practice of agriculture was undergoing a transformation; in all directions grazing was being substituted for tillage, and the number of agricultural labourers was greatly reduced by the change. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Coin had depreciated, without a corresponding rise of wages, and labor was cheap, because tillage lands were converted to pasturage. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges In the uplands vast areas formerly untouched by the plough have been brought under tillage by the help of perennial canals, and the process of reclamation is still going on. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The wastes then became good pasture or tolerable tillage; and the common fields, previously cut up into small plots, and worked on a wasteful rotation, soon testified to the magic of individual ownership. William Pitt and the Great War These methods of tillage were introduced into Van Diemen's Land, where as yet there were no fields prepared for the plough, nor beast of draught to facilitate human toil. The History of Tasmania, Volume I Agriculture languished, and the minute subdivision of arable land finally rendered its tillage almost profitless. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Indeed, his confidence in these authorities was such, that he had discharged the greater part of the regular troops, and sent them back to the tillage of the soil.”—Haytian papers, page 158. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance In India the ruler has always taken a share of the produce of the land from the persons in whom he recognised a permanent right to occupy it or arrange for its tillage. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir Another doublet of manœuvre is manure, now a euphemism for dung, but formerly used of the act of tillage— "The manuring hand of the tiller shall root up all that burdens the soil." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) As to our tillage, or building, or planting, our forefathers did so and so and were satisfied, and why should not we do the same? South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 This, to be sure, was economically disastrous, for over-division of land makes tillage unprofitable, and these very men were the taxpayers. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) As for the rest, it is by no will of mine that our people are to be called off from their wood-cutting and their tillage. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Kohát is a large district, but most of it is unfit for tillage and only one-sixth is actually cultivated. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir Most of the crops require tillage, and that is exhaustive of the store of humus. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement But why not also submitted to the tillage of man? Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco To the owner of tillage lands there is no other such safe, sure, and profitable investment for his money. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles The English committees sent entire convoys of food, clothing, tools, grain to sow, beasts of draught, even steam-ploughs with their attendants to help in the tillage of departments devastated by the war! The Conquest of Bread North Central Panjáb Plain.—The best soils and the finest tillage are to be found in the North Central Zone. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The rotting of organic matter, tillage, and many other agencies bring about some availability. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement They computed as many as sixty thousand head of horned cattle; and most families had several horses, though the tillage was carried on by oxen. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses It varies much with the culture of the field, whether in grass, or tillage, or fallow, and with its condition, as to being dry or wet, and with its formation, whether level or hilly. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Lastly, as it is certain that the familia owned cattle and sheep, we may be sure that it enjoyed the right of common pasture on the land not divided up for tillage. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus The tillage for wheat and barley is as careless as that for rice is careful. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir The purchase of plant-food should begin whenever profit is offered by it, and in connection with its use there should be good tillage, organic matter, and healthful plant conditions in every respect. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement I was counselled to beware; but having learned little discretion afield, I cantered off, through a trampled tillage of wheat, and an interminable woods. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War An open ditch in a tillage or mowing-field, is an abomination. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles War and wandering had grown to be part of their natures; and with a scornful pride they disdained the peaceful tillage of the soil. The Scalp Hunters The inconsistency of talking about pasturage and tillage, nutting and squirrel-hunting in the populous place which they imagined Merleville to be, did not strike them. Janet's Love and Service A seeming exception may be found in the case of the potato, but usually some close tillage confines its roots to the row for a time. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Irrigation is therefore the only part of their tillage system upon which I have been able to gather any information. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I This was attributed, both by the committee and by Prof. Mapes himself, to thorough-drainage and deep tillage with the subsoil plow. Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles They will re-people the deserted dwelling, restore it to its pristine splendour; bring its long neglected fields under tillage—out of them make fortunes by the cultivation of cotton. The Death Shot A Story Retold There are some first-rate farms there, mine is one of them, but in general the town is better calculated for pasturage than tillage. Janet's Love and Service The ground should have good tillage and then be seeded to rye in September at the rate of six pecks of seed per acre. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement If you drive the people from one place, they will carry on their annual tillage and remove with their flocks and herds to another. The Frontier in American History And thus much for the tillage and ordering of this white Sand. The English Husbandman The First Part: Contayning the Knowledge of the true Nature of euery Soyle within this Kingdome: how to Plow it; and the manner of the Plough, and other Instruments The tillage of the ground and the edible fisheries are often left to the more indefatigable industry of the Chinese. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The settler, now grown rich by his flocks and tillage, looks forward to the enjoyment of his opulence in domestic happiness. The History of Tasmania , Volume II A small part is too low and moist for tillage, but a larger part is too rough or too infertile. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement In view of the present scarcity of live-stock, hemp, which needs no buffalo tillage, would seem to be the most hopeful crop of the future. The Philippine Islands Cæsar tells us that the Britons neglected tillage and lived on milk and flesh; and this account of the early inhabitants of the British Isle is corroborated by other authors. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure Gradually, however, as the foreign civilization got a foothold with its advantages of trade and its superior modes of tillage, the influence of the conquerors grew stronger. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia If his land is smooth and level, he ploughs it, and cultivates it for grass, or grain, or other plants requiring special tillage. Rollo on the Rhine The surface soil, down to plow-depth, is the chief feeding-ground for plants because it is kept in good tilth by organic matter and tillage. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Their increase about Ballycanvan is very great, and tillage all over this neighbourhood is increased. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 The rest is fitter for pasture than for tillage, except, of course, on the alluvial banks of the rivers, and nearly the whole region is in fact occupied by huge grazing farms. Impressions of South Africa The crop, as with all orchard crops on the Pacific Coast, is cultivated intensively, clean tillage being given, followed by cover crops and in some cases fertilizers accompanied with intercrops. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911 Our way led along the river, and as we drove up to where the valley contracted, and the tillage land decreased in extent and fertility, the type of the people changed. Irish Books and Irish People Judgment is required to decide when such tillage is desirable, but judgment is needed all the time in farming. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement It is much under sheep; but towards Clonmel there is a great deal of tillage. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 But very little of it is available for tillage, and much of it is too arid even for stock-keeping. Impressions of South Africa Careful he was to maintain tillage, the maintenance of mankind. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire During the rains, the tailor’s slack season, he supplements his earnings by tillage, holding land which Government has continued to him on payment of one-half the ordinary rental. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II When a continued period of wet weather affects the position of the plant-roots, it rarely is advisable not to risk deeper tillage than is given in a normal season. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement The tillage of the neighbourhood for ten miles round is doubled in a few years. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Here the grass is richer, and in the valleys there is plenty of land fit for tillage without irrigation. Impressions of South Africa Even in Wallachia and Moldavia the population has been gradually decreasing, while of that rich country not more than a fortieth part is under tillage. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity The most profitable farms are, and perhaps will always be, the small ones, where the details of the tillage come directly under the eye of the owner. Monopolies and the People The new wood of trees may not become hardy enough to withstand the frost of winter if tillage is continued. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Friable, sandy loams, dry but fertile, are very p. 161common, and they form the best soils in the kingdom for tillage and sheep. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Below and between them are broad stretches of pasture, with here and there, on the banks of the streams, pieces of land which seem eminently fit for tillage. Impressions of South Africa In 1488 a statute was enacted prohibiting the turning of tillage land into pasture. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England We must know Ireland from its history to its minerals, from its tillage to its antiquities, before we shall be an Irish nation, able to rescue and keep the country. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry It destroys the good physical condition of the soil that may have been secured by much tillage, causing the soil particles to pack together. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement I don’t want to hear about drains and deeper tillage while we let every foreigner pour his wheat and chilled beef into our market. The Gold Trail Not only the Karroo region in the interior of Cape Colony, but also the vast region stretching north from the Karroo nearly as far as the west-coast territories of Portugal, is too arid for tillage. Impressions of South Africa In 1793 a government Board of Agriculture was established, and through the whole latter part of the century numerous societies for the encouragement of scientific tillage and breeding were organized. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England We bid the economist search our towns and farms, our decayed manufactures, and improving tillage. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry Tillage.—Man's ability to assist nature in the work of production finds a notable illustration in the matter of tillage. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement And so, in that way, he learned that tillage is the way to get treasure from the earth. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year They are fairly well off, occupying large cattle-farms, and with no great inducement to bring a great deal of land under tillage, because the demand for agricultural produce is still comparatively small. Impressions of South Africa He first taught the English people and the world the value of thorough tillage of the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition There are, however, scientific and practical reasons for tillage. Apple Growing Grass, clover, alfalfa, and like seeds are put into the ground to occupy it to the exclusion of other plants for several years, as a rule, and no tillage can be given. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Whoever attentively reads Horace's inimitable ode to this god, will see that Bacchus meant no more than the improvement of the world by tillage, and the culture of the vine. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Legislation which should attract such agriculturists by the offer of tillage farms of moderate size would be a great benefit to the Colonies. Impressions of South Africa Jethro Tull centered attention on the important fact that careful and thorough tillage increases the available plant food in the soil. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Chemical activities are augmented by tillage in setting free plant food, promoting nutrification, hastening the decomposition of organic matter, and the extending of these agencies to greater depth. Apple Growing Good tillage frees the potential plant-food of the soil, and delays the day of necessary purchase. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement This tillage was not the only manual labor in which St. Antony employed himself. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The land will remain, but the land of this highest part of the Transvaal, though fit for pasture, does not lend itself to tillage. Impressions of South Africa He did not know why his crops were better when the ground was frequently and thoroughly tilled, but he knew that such tillage did increase his yield. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition It is cheaper, makes a cleaner cover for the drop fruit, avoids the damage from tillage implements to which tilled trees are liable, and can be practiced on lands too steep to till. Apple Growing The abundant rainfall brings various weeds and grasses into competition with it, and that will remain a serious drawback until growers learn to clean their surface soils by good tillage before seeding. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement His family could boast of no advantages of fortune, and his parents having no other revenue than what arose from the tillage of their farm, he spent part of his youth in agriculture. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March He is deemed a necessary part of the economic machinery of the country, whether for mining or for manufacture, for tillage or for ranching. Impressions of South Africa If, however, the tillage is poor, scanty harvests will always result. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Late Fall and Early Spring Plowing.—The common tillage practice in the sections where it is most followed is to plow either in late fall or as early as possible in the spring. Apple Growing The breaking-plow is used to loosen the soil, and to undo the firming that has been taking place while plant roots prevented deep tillage. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Of tillage, timber, herds, and hives, thus far My trivial lay—while Caesar thunders war To deep Euphrates, conquers, pacifies, Twice wins the world and now attempts the skies. The Adventures of Harry Revel The district which lies round the latter town is better watered than western Matabililand, and the soil richer both for pasture and for tillage. Impressions of South Africa If to good tillage rotation of crops be added, the soil will become more fertile with each succeeding year. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition As soon as the soil is in good physical condition the principal object of tillage is to modify moisture conditions. Apple Growing If it is necessary to plant a field that is deficient in fertility, expending labor and money for tillage and seed, the only rational course is to furnish all needed plant-food for a good yield. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement There followed the pastoral age, when nuts were, more or less, abandoned as a food and tillage became general. Here are Ladies But it has now reached a point when it ought to be stopped, because all the agricultural land is taken up for tillage, and the pastures begin scarcely to suffice for the cattle. Impressions of South Africa Mixed Grasses Grown for Forage The plow, harrow, and roller are all necessary to good tillage and to a proper preparation of the seed-bed. Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition This is probably largely due to the fact that tillage keeps the fruit growing so late that it does not mature so well or so early. Apple Growing |
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