Definition of Tillage

Tillage

The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops.

A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.

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Tillage Quotations

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
Daniel Webster

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.
Daniel Webster

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

The unproductive tillage of human cattle takes that which of right belongs to free labor, and which is necessary for the support and happiness of our own race.
David Wilmot

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Tillage Translations

tillage in German is Bodenbestellung, Ackerbau {m}
tillage in Swedish is odling

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