disc harrow

British  

noun

1. a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting

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Example Sentences

I cultivate my trees eight years; first four to potatoes, using a disc harrow; plow shallow among young trees; plant nothing in a bearing orchard.

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Cultivates with a disc harrow until four or five years old.

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I cultivate my orchard to corn eight years, then use a disc harrow, running both ways, keeping a dust mulch; I cease cropping at bearing age and plant nothing.

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Cultivates until the middle of July with a disc harrow, plow, and weeder.

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I cultivate with a disc harrow as long as possible, and grow nothing on the ground among the trees.

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