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drainage, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia)drainage, in agriculture, the removal of excess water from the soil, either by a system of surface ditches, or by underground conduits if required by soil conditions and land contour. Diesel or centri...

commune, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia)commune, in agriculture: see collective farm. ...

farming, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia)farming, in agriculture: see agriculture. ...

harrow, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia)harrow, farm implement, consisting of a wooden or metal framework bearing metal disks, teeth, or sharp projecting points, called tines, which is dragged over plowed land to pulverize the clods of eart...

grain, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia)grain, in agriculture, term referring to the caryopsis, or dry fruit, of a cereal grass. The term is also applied to the seedlike fruits of buckwheat and of certain other plants and is used collective...

share, in agriculture

(Encyclopedia)share, in agriculture: see plow.

Great Seal of the United States

(Encyclopedia)Great Seal of the United States: see United States, Great Seal of the. ...

National Museum of the United States

(Encyclopedia)National Museum of the United States: see Smithsonian Institution. ...

United States, Great Seal of the

(Encyclopedia)United States, Great Seal of the, official impression that validates a United States government document. It was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1782 and, with only minor changes in the design,...

Seal of the United States, Great

(Encyclopedia)Seal of the United States, Great: see United States, Great Seal of the. ...