in the new husbandry, is the breaking or dividing the soil by tillage while the corn or other plants are growing thereon.—It differs from common tillage (which is always performed before the corn or plants are sown or planted) in the time of performing it; and it is much more beneficial to the crop than any other tillage. This sort of tillage is performed various ways, and by means of different instruments, as described under the article AGRICULTURE.