fall-ploughing

Updated: May 20, 2025

I pointed out to him how carefully mountain-side and rough bog were cultivated. He admitted it, but spoke of want of rotation of crops and absence in many instances of fall-ploughing. This, I humbly consider, is want of skill, or maybe want of means not laziness.

Margaret Moran Dixon McDougall - The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland