nurse crop
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nurse crop
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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When clover seed is sown with the grain drill, it is sometimes sown separately from grain; that is, without a nurse crop, and is deposited in the soil by the same tubes.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
When medium red clover is sown for being plowed under as green manure, it is always sown with a nurse crop.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
Injury from crowding and overshading may be prevented, or at least lessened, by pasturing the nurse crop with sheep for a time, at an early stage in its growth.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
The method which is most labor-saving, however, when sown with a nurse crop, is that which sows it with an attachment to the grain drill used in sowing the nurse crop.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
One chief objection to flax as a nurse crop is that it is commonly sown late.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
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