This is extra work in opposition to the common ploughings described before[586].
The lord may grant the permission to use the pasture reserved for him, and exacts ploughings in return according to the number of heads of cattle sent to the pasturage[582].
They have clearly taken the place of some freeman, whether by purchase or by gift I do not know; they are bound to perform ploughings and to carry corn.
Here we have time after the harvest is over to cleanse and enliven the soil by repeated ploughings and harrowings.
A fallowing there is performed by many repeated ploughings and harrowings during the summer.
It was a solemn ceremony of ploughing, one of the three Sacred Ploughings which took place annually in various parts of Attica.
The preparation commences in January, and generally three ploughings are required to bring the land into a proper tilth.
The best manure is that obtained from the bullock-yard, and bark from the tan yard; and by two or three ploughings the earth can be brought to a proper consistency, and fit for the reception of the plants.
Four or five ploughings are given between mid September and the middle of October, when the field is divided as above into small squares.
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