 | Agriculture - 1855 - 610 pages
...the more fertility." In Chapter V. (0/TiLLAGE)he states, from actual and frequent observation, that "the finer land is made by tillage the richer will it become, and the more plants it will maintain." He quotes the testimony of Evelyn, that the most barren earth may be made amazingly fertile simply... | |
 | Alexander Burnett (land agent.) - 1859 - 266 pages
...room than it does in its natural state, and then it partakes of all the benefits of lighter land. " The finer land is made by tillage, the richer will...more plants it will maintain. " It has been often observed that when part of a ground has been better tilled than the rest, and the whole ground constantly... | |
 | William MacDonald - Agriculture - 1913 - 108 pages
...company."—CARLYLE. MAKERS OF MODERN AGRICULTURE CHAPTER I JETHRO TULL : FOUNDER OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DRY-FARMING " For the finer land is made by tillage the richer will it become and the more plants mill it maintain."- — JETHRO TULL. miles to the north-west of Reading, on a lovely reach of the River... | |
 | Business & Economics - 1855
...the more fertility." In Chapter V. (O/TiLLAGE)he states, from actual and frequent observation, that "the finer land is made by tillage the richer will it become, and the more plants it will maintain." He quotes the testimony of Evelyn, that the most barren earth may be made amazingly fertile simply... | |
 | Commisioner of Agriculture for the West Indies - 1916 - 516 pages
...machine, and founder of the principles of dry fanning—wrote, about the year 1700: 'the finer the land is made by tillage the richer will it become, and the more plants will it maintain'—an "observation as true to-day as it was 200 years ago. PRICE Irf. Hence, as might... | |
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V. (0/TiLLAGE)he states, from actual and frequent observation, that "the finer land is made by tillage the richer will it become, and the more plants it will maintain. 