| 单词 | round tilth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasround tilth round tilth n. now historical the practice or system, formerly used in Kent, of sowing barley, legumes, and wheat in continuous rotation without the land be allowed to lie fallow; frequently attributive designating this system. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > systems of cultivation round tilth1723 infield and outfield1733 terrace1796 superculture1835 terrace-cultivation1860 terrace-culture1863 conservation tillage1897 monoculture1901 strip farming1913 polyculture1915 sailab1916 shifting cultivation1922 strip-cultivation1932 shifting agriculture1934 strip-cropping1936 podu1938 contour terracing1939 strip system1954 swiddening1971 monocropping1974 1723 J. Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet 10 Continually sown without rest or intermission, which the farmers call sowing a round tilth. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. III. xxii. 113 About Sandgate castle, the round tilth continues; beans drilled, shimmed, and hand-hoed. 1796 J. Boys Agric. Surv. Kent (1813) 73 The..rich sandy loam..cultivated under the round tilth system of East Kent, viz. Beans, Wheat, Barley. 1840 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 323/1 Another preferred the round tilth, but the general opinion was in favour of the seven and eight tilth farming. 1984 B. M. Short in J. Thirsk Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales V. i. ix. 280 About Faversham the ‘round tilth’ method employed a continuous rotation of wheat, barley, beans, peas or seeds. < as lemmas |
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