Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Crop rotation, Tillage, Raised bed gardening, Monoculture, Winnowing, Vernalization, Shmita, Grain elevator, Hardiness zone, Grazing, Virtual water, Growing-degree day, Fertigation, Breadbasket, Winkler scale, Trench, Anden, Terrace, Hydroseeding, Growing season, Threshing, Polyculture, Stile, Baling wire, Windrow, Field, Horse trading, Hilling, Earsh, Dead hedge, Dosing, Growing region, Aboiteau, Terminal market, Ley farming, Hay buck, Storage clamp, Biennial bearing, Headland, Emblements, Break crop, Sprigging, Tilth, Puddling, Topping. Excerpt: Shmita (Hebrew:, literally "release"), also called the Sabbatical Year, is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the Land of Israel, and still observed in contemporary Judaism. During Shmita, the land is left to lie fallow and all agricultural activity-including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting-is forbidden by Torah law. Other cultivation techniques-such as watering, fertilizing, weeding, spraying, trimming and mowing-may be performed as a preventative measure only, not to improve the growth of trees or plants. Additionally, any fruits which grow of their own accord are deemed hefker (ownerless) and may be picked by anyone. A variety of laws also apply to the sale, consumption and disposal of Shmita produce. A second aspect of Shmita concerns debts and loans. When the Shmita year ends, personal debts which are due during that year are considered nullified and forgiven. The Book of Leviticus promises bountiful harvests to those who observe the shmita and makes observance a test of religious faith. Shmita is mentioned several times in the Bible: Isaiah is informing King Hezekiah that if he will agree to observe the Sabbath year that coming fall (701 BCE), and the Jubilee the year after (700 BCE), and then resume planting a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Agricultural Terminology: Crop Rotation, Tillage, Raised Bed Gardening, Monoculture, Winnowing, Vernalization, Shmita, Grain Elevator. To get started finding Agricultural Terminology: Crop Rotation, Tillage, Raised Bed Gardening, Monoculture, Winnowing, Vernalization, Shmita, Grain Elevator, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Agricultural Terminology: Crop Rotation, Tillage, Raised Bed Gardening, Monoculture, Winnowing, Vernalization, Shmita, Grain Elevator
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Crop rotation, Tillage, Raised bed gardening, Monoculture, Winnowing, Vernalization, Shmita, Grain elevator, Hardiness zone, Grazing, Virtual water, Growing-degree day, Fertigation, Breadbasket, Winkler scale, Trench, Anden, Terrace, Hydroseeding, Growing season, Threshing, Polyculture, Stile, Baling wire, Windrow, Field, Horse trading, Hilling, Earsh, Dead hedge, Dosing, Growing region, Aboiteau, Terminal market, Ley farming, Hay buck, Storage clamp, Biennial bearing, Headland, Emblements, Break crop, Sprigging, Tilth, Puddling, Topping. Excerpt: Shmita (Hebrew:, literally "release"), also called the Sabbatical Year, is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the Land of Israel, and still observed in contemporary Judaism. During Shmita, the land is left to lie fallow and all agricultural activity-including plowing, planting, pruning and harvesting-is forbidden by Torah law. Other cultivation techniques-such as watering, fertilizing, weeding, spraying, trimming and mowing-may be performed as a preventative measure only, not to improve the growth of trees or plants. Additionally, any fruits which grow of their own accord are deemed hefker (ownerless) and may be picked by anyone. A variety of laws also apply to the sale, consumption and disposal of Shmita produce. A second aspect of Shmita concerns debts and loans. When the Shmita year ends, personal debts which are due during that year are considered nullified and forgiven. The Book of Leviticus promises bountiful harvests to those who observe the shmita and makes observance a test of religious faith. Shmita is mentioned several times in the Bible: Isaiah is informing King Hezekiah that if he will agree to observe the Sabbath year that coming fall (701 BCE), and the Jubilee the year after (700 BCE), and then resume planting a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Agricultural Terminology: Crop Rotation, Tillage, Raised Bed Gardening, Monoculture, Winnowing, Vernalization, Shmita, Grain Elevator. To get started finding Agricultural Terminology: Crop Rotation, Tillage, Raised Bed Gardening, Monoculture, Winnowing, Vernalization, Shmita, Grain Elevator, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.