‘To tell the truth, my friend, I should not have done very well here unless I had been able to top-dress the English acres with a little Australian gold.’ ❋ Unknown (2004)
They must plow, and sow, and top-dress, and bottom-dress, and deep-drain, and surface-drain, and all the rest of it. ❋ Unknown (2003)
After the plants are well established, they are easily managed, and go many years without repotting; but, of course, we top-dress them annually, previously removing as much of the old soil as will come away easily. ❋ W. Watson (N/A)
From its dwarfness this Daffodil is very liable to be soiled; either of three plans may be adopted to prevent this: Plant on grass; top-dress in ❋ John Wood (N/A)
A deep moist loam suits them best; and as the plants grow and bloom, add bone meal and top-dress with manure. ❋ Unknown (1906)
The real men on the land, what few are left, are dumb and helpless; and these fellows here for one reason or another don't mean business -- they'll talk and tinker and top-dress -- that's all. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)
'First he tells me to top-dress the upper lot, and then right off he wants me to harness up and go to the mill. ❋ Edith Ferguson Black (1896)
With a view to renovate the crop and increase the yields, in some sections, as in the Atlantic States, it has been recommended to top-dress alfalfa fields with farmyard manure every autumn. ❋ Thomas Shaw (1880)
The accumulation of the winter is usually applied to the land for the corn crop, except the finer portion, which is used to top-dress meadow land. ❋ Unknown (1869)
In order to have this sort of asparagus, you want to manure heavily in the early spring, fork it in, and top-dress (that sounds technical) with a thick layer of chloride of sodium: if you cannot get that, common salt will do, and the neighbors will never notice whether it is the orthodox Na. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)
In the fall top-dress all the small fruits with compost, bone-dust or other fertilizers that have staying powers, spreading it along close to the rows and over the roots, and working it into the soil lightly by cultivation. ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)
Of course, it is far better to top-dress the rows in spring than not at all. ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)
You may tell the hired man to top-dress the ground about the vines, and he will probably treat all alike; a vine that is already growing so strongly that it can scarcely be kept within bounds will receive as much as one that is slow and feeble in its development. ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)
In the autumn, rake the mulch away and top-dress the soil on both sides for the space of two or three feet outward from the stems with well-decayed manure. ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)
One of the best methods of preventing this is to top-dress the ground with stable - manure, and hoe it in from time to time when fighting the weeds. ❋ Edward Payson Roe (1863)
To top-dress foul land with expensive artificial manures is money thrown away. ❋ Joseph Harris (1860)
Plaster the clover, top-dress it in the fall, if you have the manure, and stimulate its growth in every way possible, and consume all the clover on the land, or in the barn-yard. ❋ Joseph Harris (1860)
For instance, we top-dress pastures or meadows by spreading manure on the surface. ❋ Joseph Harris (1860)
