manuring

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The difference may be due to monks manuring crops in friary gardens with their own faeces, the study suggests.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022

Less is known about the manuring practices of lower classes in the town.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 18, 2022

When traditional methods became too unprofitable to protect their independence, farmers began manuring their fields and clearing wood lots to boost productivity.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

A better plan, perhaps, is to manure heavily the previous crop, frequently potatoes, no direct manuring then being needed for the bulbs, these not being left in the ground more than two or three years.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

It stands thoughtfully on the field of Waterloo, and estimates scientifically the manuring properties of bones and blood.

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)