succession of crops

American  

noun

1. the continuous cultivation of a crop throughout a season by successive plantings or by the use of varieties with different rates of growth.

2. the successive cultivation of short-lived crops.

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Etymology

Origin of succession of crops

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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succession of crops

I do not find that a succession of crops has yet been attempted; surely it would help to meliorate and improve the soil.

From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin

To her, novel ideas meant the overthrow of succession of crops, ruin under the name of improvements and methods; in short, mortgaged lands as the inevitable result of experiments.

From Beatrix by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

The very foundation of any success in farming is clear foresight and distinct planning for a succession of crops, each to be tended, harvested, stored and marketed in the very nick of time.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson

Who talks of succession of crops, when twelve burdens of wheat, taken from the same soil in as many years, leave the ground black and ready for another yield of almost equal abundance?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various

By irrigation a succession of crops of grain might be raised anywhere within the south intertropical region of Africa.

From A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 by Livingstone, David