<P> Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types , such as digging , stirring , and overturning . Examples of human - powered tilling methods using hand tools include shovelling , picking , mattock work , hoeing , and raking . Examples of draft - animal - powered or mechanized work include ploughing ( overturning with moldboards or chiseling with chisel shanks ) , rototilling , rolling with cultipackers or other rollers , harrowing , and cultivating with cultivator shanks ( teeth ) . Small - scale gardening and farming , for household food production or small business production , tends to use the smaller - scale methods , whereas medium - to large - scale farming tends to use the larger - scale methods . There is a fluid continuum , however . Any type of gardening or farming , but especially larger - scale commercial types , may also use low - till or no - till methods as well . </P>
<P> Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types , such as digging , stirring , and overturning . Examples of human - powered tilling methods using hand tools include shovelling , picking , mattock work , hoeing , and raking . Examples of draft - animal - powered or mechanized work include ploughing ( overturning with moldboards or chiseling with chisel shanks ) , rototilling , rolling with cultipackers or other rollers , harrowing , and cultivating with cultivator shanks ( teeth ) . Small - scale gardening and farming , for household food production or small business production , tends to use the smaller - scale methods , whereas medium - to large - scale farming tends to use the larger - scale methods . There is a fluid continuum , however . Any type of gardening or farming , but especially larger - scale commercial types , may also use low - till or no - till methods as well . </P>
what is the art of tilling the soil called
what is the art of tilling the soil called
Tillage
Tillage