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Definition of Top dressing
1. Noun. A layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Top Dressing
Literary usage of Top dressing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cultivator: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to Agriculture by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"I weeded them once more after the top-dressing was put on. The onions grew to
the astonishment of all those who cast their eyes upon them, and turned out at ..."
2. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1852)
"manure, as a top-dressing, between the plants ... ed them once more after the
top-dressing was put on. The onions grew to the astonishment of all those who ..."
3. Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1843)
"Of top-dressing with fermenting manures. If so large a waste occur in the farm-yard
where the manure is left long to ferment—can it be good husbandry to ..."
4. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1866)
"As a top dressing in the spring or during the summer for pasture lands it is,
... An intelligent farmer who has been using it as a top dressing for grass ..."
5. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"When the top is thoroughly cleaned and dried top dressing may be applied to outer
... There are many brands of top dressing on the market for this purpose, ..."
6. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"When the top is thoroughly cleaned and dried top dressing may be applied to outer
... There are many brands of top dressing on the market for this purpose, ..."
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