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Tilth is a physical condition of soil, especially in relation to its suitability for planting or growing a crop. Factors that determine tilth include the formation and stability of aggregated soil particles, moisture content, degree of aeration, soil biota, rate of water infiltration and drainage. Tilth can change rapidly, depending on environmental factors, such as changes in moisture, tillage and soil amendments. The objective of tillage is to improve tilth, thereby increasing crop production; in the long term, however, conventional tillage, especially plowing, often has the opposite effect, causing the soil carbon sponge to oxidize, break down and become compacted. Soil with good tilth is spongy with large pore spaces for air infiltration and water movement. Roots grow only where the soil tilth allows for adequate levels of soil oxygen. Such soil also holds a reasonable supply of water and nutrients.

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Charles Harpur - Like Him Who Great reports Of Tilth Rejects

Charles Harpur - Like Him Who Great reports Of Tilth Rejects

Like him who great reports of tilth rejects, <br />Because his own is a most barren field, <br />Is he who man’s divinity suspects, <br />Because his own soul doth so little yield. <br />Better is one who through himself can see <br />How good, how lovely, all mankind might be, <br />Though mere experience give his faith the lie, <br />And all his hopes breathe the world’s breath—to die!<br /><br />Charles Harpur<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/like-him-who-great-reports-of-tilth-rejects/

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Agricultural labour; husbandry.

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tillage, cultivated land, tilled land

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