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In most cases, to reduce the acidity of the soil to create a more plant-friendly soil pH.

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Can you make a sentence using the word ploughed?

The farmer ploughed his field.


What word means to make a row in a farmer's field?

A furrow is a ploughed row in a field.


What is a sentence for ploughed?

I ploughed the whole field today.


What is the definition of ploughed?

It means to push or move through something, such as--> I plowed my car through the snowbank. It also describes the act of using a bladed farming machine to cut or mow grasses and hay, such as--> The farmer plowed his field. The word plowed is an alternate way of spelling ploughed. They have the same meaning.


Where does the energy come from for growing crops?

From the sun and whatever fertilizers the farmer has spread on his field.


Who removes worms from the soil after the farmer has ploughed the field?

It is common to see a flock of birds (gulls, crows, etc) following a plough and eating any insects, grubs or worms left exposed on the surface.


How do you use ploughing in a sentence?

Ploughing, or plowing, is a verb that refers to tilling up dirt in straight rows in order to plant seeds or sprouts. An example of this word in a sentence would be, "The farmer began plowing up the field right before Spring came, that way he would be able to harvest the corn by September."


What does the Gaelic prefix Gort mean in English?

a gort is a ploughed field.


Were there forests at Gettysburg?

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in slightly rolling, working farm land. YES, there were forests around the fields. General Lee watched from a forest treeline, as the disaster of Pickett's Charge across a freshly ploughed field into Union artillery played out.


What is a good sentence for clay?

After the field had been ploughed there was lots of clay to be seen.


The process of putting the seed into the ploughed field is called?

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What will happen if the field is not ploughed before sowing seeds?

the soil will not be loosened and will not be good for cultivation.