George Edward Woodberry

The world is a multiplicity, a harvest-field, a battle-ground; and thence arises through human contact ways of numbering, or mathematics, ways of tillage, or agriculture, ways of fighting, or military tactics and strategy, and these are incorporated in individuals as habits of life.

American Critic

Daniel Webster

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.

American Statesman

When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

English Theologian

Tillage is specifically used in agriculture and farming contexts, related to soil preparation.

Farming Context

Tillage involves active processes such as plowing or turning the soil, not just any farm work.

Action Process

Tillage helps to make the soil more suitable for crop growth, often by adding nutrients or improving texture.

Soil Benefit

Refers to an area of land that has been or will be plowed and cultivated for crops.

Plot of Land

When land is described as tillage, it's usually prepared and ready for crops, not barren.

Ready to Use

Tillage can be measured in units, like acres, to describe the size of the cultivated area.

Measurement Unit

 And we can accomplish this by putting in place deep-rooted perennial plants, putting back forests whenever possible, reducing tillage and other disturbances from agricultural practices,