One horticultural dictionary defines "tilth" as the fine crumbly surface layer of soil produced by tilling. From Wordnik.com. [The Times Today's News] Reference
That teems with olive; that shall thy tilth prove kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Georgics] Reference
When stubbles yield to tilth, and woodlands brown and sear. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
His cut appeared to be deep, by the rich black of the upturned tilth. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
Two tucking showsl We'll be there tilth reel Her voice started to rise. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
Good tilth and friendship were promised here, gifts to balance loneliness. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Man's Lantern] Reference
Latinus the King, now growing old, ruled in a long peace over quiet tilth and town. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
In Sicilian territory too is tilth and town, and famed Acestes himself of Trojan blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Heavier soils can be dug when it's dry so frost action will help break clods to a tilth. From Wordnik.com. [The to-do list: October] Reference
Maeonia, where the rich tilth is wrought by men's hands, and Pactolus waters it with gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
“Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate) so go to your tilth as ye will” (2:223). From Wordnik.com. [To Speak Softly or Roar Loudly? That is the question. « Gender Across Borders] Reference
The difference between good and poor tilth is like night and day to someone working the land. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
February, provided a fine tilth is obtainable, but it rarely extends beyond the end of April. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
A point of importance in the manuring of potatoes is a good tilth in the soil, so as to enable. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Compost is also reputed to make enormous improvements in the workability, or tilth of the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Dr. Hopp says that soil tilth can be improved a great deal merely by assisting worms over a single winter. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
It is usually easy to work, of fair depth, and retains moisture well when kept in a thorough state of tilth. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
Beans do best on strong land, and, unlike some of the crops considered, do not require a particularly fine tilth. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
If the tenant paid his rent and left the land in good tilth, the landlord could not interfere nor forbid subletting. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
If humus declines, the entire soil ecology runs down and with it, soil tilth and the health and productivity of plants. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
After-cultivation may comprise rolling, harrowing (to preserve the fineness of the tilth) and in some districts hoeing. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The best immediate treatment of land preparatory to setting the trees should be such as to place the soil in good tilth. From Wordnik.com. [Apple Growing] Reference
Sandy and loamy soils naturally remain open and workable and sustain good tilth with surprisingly small amounts of organic matter. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
I am he whom thou seest washing the banks with full flood and severing the rich tilth, glassy Tiber, best beloved by heaven of rivers. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
Again, while wheat does well on a heavy soil, and does not require a fine surface-tilth, barley does best on a light, rich, friable soil. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Would haunt with varying offspring tilth and waste. From Wordnik.com. [On the Nature of Things] Reference
To improve soil fertility and tilth, David Dickey grows. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Setting up a vegetable garden at home for safe, organic food] Reference
There was superfluity neither of chattels nor of tilth. From Wordnik.com. [On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay] Reference
Improve tilth in sandy Florida soils by adding organic matter. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Snow can be friend or foe in the garden] Reference
"It returns nutrients to the soil and improves tilth in hard clay.". From Wordnik.com. [HeraldTimesOnline.com] Reference
All farms having good tilth can bring alfalfa into their crop-rotations. From Wordnik.com. [Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement] Reference
Organic mulches eventually improve soil's tilth, but don't replace fertilizer. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
Most recent drillings are into dusty, dry seed-beds but a good tilth has been achieved. From Wordnik.com. [FWi - All News] Reference
Along the stretch of the hollow the land was parcelled into meadows and tilth of varied hue. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
The Quran compares women to a field (tilth) that a man is free to use when, and as he chooses. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome to Islam-Watch] Reference
Experiments should be made with it under favorable conditions respecting moisture and soil tilth. From Wordnik.com. [Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement] Reference
The soil needs to be tiptop for seed sowing, which means creating a tilth of finely textured soil. From Wordnik.com. [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference
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