plowings

Consequently, next winter there was no more free plowings.

Country Life « Whatever 2008

Much of the land in England, especially in moist places, was formerly laid up by repeated plowings, into ridges varying in breadth from ten to twenty feet, so as to throw off, readily, the water from the surface.

Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French

For the fourth and fifth plowings the cultivator or shovel-plow is used.

The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses B. W. Jones

_ It was Tull's theory that, by the comminution, or minute division, of soils alone, without the application of any manures, their fertility might be permanently maintained; and he so far supported this theory as, by repeated plowings, to produce twelve successive crops of wheat on the same land, without manure.

Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French

(Nor must we overlook here the agricultural appropriateness of the bull as the emblem of Spring-plowings and of service to man.) The sacrifice of the Bull became the image of redemption.

Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning 1920

Then began a steady repetition of hoeings and plowings, broken by the rush after a rain to replant the hills whose first plants had died or grown twisted.

American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Ulrich Bonnell Phillips 1905

The duration of time between deep plowings depends upon the soil and the crops.

Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900

(Nor must we overlook here the agricultural appropriateness of the bull as the emblem of Spring-plowings and of service to man.) (1) With regard to this point, see an article in the Nineteenth

Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886

When I asked her what sort of a crop they were expecting to plant at this season, she replied that this was merely one of the many annual plowings given to all soil to keep it in condition.

Equality Edward Bellamy 1874

If I can successfully run my boat over the riffles of time, I shall credit it to good luck, not native ability, for I, too, feel what they should, -- the deep plowings of mental dwarfage, that is the result of killing all the great and good men for ages.

Philosophy of Osteopathy 1872