22 April 2017
tilth
[tilth]
noun
1. the act or operation of tilling land; tillage.
2. the state of being tilled or under cultivation.
3.the physical condition of soil in relation to plant growth.
4. land that is tilled or cultivated.
Origin of tilth
1000, before 1000; Middle English, Old English. See till2, -th1
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Examples from the Web for tilth
Historical Examples
On a heavy soil it has a bad influence if used repeatedly and in quantity, causing the land to “run,” and making the tilth bad.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5
Various
The better the land is kept in tilth, the better will be the effect of an application of guano.
Guano
Solon Robinson
You feel in the atmosphere the same tonic, puissant quality that is in the tilth, the same strength and resoluteness.
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
The vast plains are rich with crops, or are ready to yield to the tilth.
Pictures of Southern Life
William Howard Russell
Some soils are naturally friable, and in these a tilth sufficiently fine can be realized ordinarily with but little labor.
Clovers and How to Grow Them
Thomas Shaw
tilth masters that have corn of their own growing and sell it to others.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
Richard Henry Tawney
In Sicilian territory too is tilth and town, and famed Acestes himself of Trojan blood.
The Aeneid of Virgil
Virgil
It is the gentry who offer a rich demesne, vineland and tilth, to Meleager, imploring him to take part in their war.
The World of Homer
Andrew Lang
Flowers, perhaps, at all events those of tilth and pasture, will have been all but improved away.
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
George Gissing
It had for foreground a stretch of tilth —olive-trees, honeysuckle hedges, and cypresses.
New Italian sketches
John Addington Symonds
Today’s quote
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
On this day
22 April – Earth Day. The United Nations created International Mother Earth Day by resolution A/RES/63/278 to be celebrated on 22 April each year. It recognises that ‘the Earth and its ecosystems are our home‘ and that ‘it is necessary to promote harmony with nature and Earth‘.
22 April 1616 – death of Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, authored Don Quixote, a classic of Western literature and which is considered to be the first modern European novel. Cervantes is considered to be the greatest writer in the Spanish language and the world’s pre-eminent novelist. Born 29 September 1547.
22 April 1870 – birth of Vladimir Lenin. Russian communist revolutionary and political leader. He served as Russian leader from 1917 to 1924 and concurrently as Premier of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Died 21 January 1924.
22 April 1889 – at high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the ‘Land Run of 1889’ resulting in the creation of Oklahoma City and Guthrie with populations greater than 10,000 within a few hours.
22 April 1917 – birth of Sidney Nolan, one of Australia’s leading artists, best known for his series of Ned Kelly paintings. During the 2000 Olympics, performers wore costumes based on Nolan’s depiction of Ned Kelly. Nolan painted a number of Australian legends and historical events, including the Eureka Stockade, and explorers Burke and Wills. Nolan was influenced by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Died 28 November 1992.
22 April 1979 – birth of Daniel Johns, Australian musician, singer-songwriter. Played in Silverchair and The Dissociatives.
22 April 1995 – death of Maggie Kuhn, activist and founder of the Gray Panthers, who campaigned for nursing home reform and opposed ageism. She also fought for human rights, social and economic justice, global peace, integration, and mental health issues.