tillable

Example Sentences

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He and his wife came to Argyle in 1983, when they bought the 140 acres, 40 of them tillable, that made up Slack Hollow Farm.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2022

And he saw development gobbling up tillable acres.

From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2018

Early Americans drained these swamps to acquire civilization’s most essential resource: tillable land with friable soil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2016

Renting out the tillable land, an owner could clear about $3,300 after taxes; raising pastured beef, they could get nearly $10,000, although there’s more work involved.

From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2015

There is not much tillable land in these mountains, Bruce, but there, along that little stream, there are almost five sections—three thousand acres—of as rich land as was ever plowed.

From The Strength of the Pines by Marshall, Edison