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Top dressing   /tɑp drˈɛsɪŋ/   Listen
Top dressing

noun
1.
A layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in.





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"Top dressing" Quotes from Famous Books



... manure, men and teams he saw fit to apply to another ten acres lying right along side, and of the same quality of soil. Of course he spared no labor, using both lime and manure freely, but in the spring finding the appearance of his crop unequal to that guanoed, he gave it a top dressing of fine manure and a good working with the harrow. At harvest the guanoed portion was ready for the sickle several days earlier than the other, and yielded 135 bushels of a quality so very superior, it was all reserved for seed ...
— Guano - A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers • Solon Robinson


Words linked to "Top dressing" :   dressing, fertilisation, fertilization, fecundation


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