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hoe culture — noun also hoe agriculture or hoe cultivation : the growing of crops by hand methods including use of a hoe for stirring the soil … Useful english dictionary
Hoe-farming — is a collective term for certain forms of agriculture. In the farming of some early societies, and in some traditional cultures of the recent times or the near past, the tillage was done with simple manual tools like digging stick or hoe, for… … Wikipedia
Agriculture of ancient Greece — Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity [As estimated by L. Migeotte, L Économie des cités grecques , p. 55.] . An excellent area of activity for a citizen, it gave… … Wikipedia
hoe — hoer, n. hoelike, adj. /hoh/, n., v., hoed, hoeing. n. 1. a long handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc. 2. any of various implements of similar form,… … Universalium
Hoe — /hoh/, n. 1. Richard, 1812 86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing press equipment. 2. his father, Robert, 1784 1833, U.S. manufacturer of printing presses. * * * ▪ agriculture one of the oldest tools of agriculture, a digging… … Universalium
agriculture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of cultivating Nouns 1. (art ofgrowing) agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming, tillage, culture; aeroculture, aeroponics, agrobiology, agrology, agronomy, agrostology; gardening,… … English dictionary for students
Agriculture — (Roget s Thesaurus) >The economy or management of plants. < N PARAG:Agriculture >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 agriculture agriculture cultivation husbandry farming Sgm: N 1 georgics georgics geoponics Sgm: N 1 tillage tillage agronomy … English dictionary for students
Agriculture in Madagascar — Traditional agricultureTraditional farming methods vary from one ethnic group or location to another, according to population density, climate, water supply, and soil. The most intensive form of cultivation is practiced among the Betsileo and… … Wikipedia
Agriculture — Tilling the ground (Gen. 2:15; 4:2, 3, 12) and rearing cattle were the chief employments in ancient times. The Egyptians excelled in agriculture. And after the Israelites entered into the possession of the Promised Land, their circumstances… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
History of agriculture — Agriculture was developed at least 10,000 years ago, and it has undergone significant developments since the time of the earliest cultivation. Evidence points to the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East as the site of the earliest planned sowing… … Wikipedia
