Mergelfuhren

English translation: cartloads of marl

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German term or phrase:Mergelfuhren
English translation:cartloads of marl
Entered by: Martina Fink

16:37 Mar 25, 2013
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture
German term or phrase: Mergelfuhren
This is from the history section of a scientific paper about forest soils and silicate rock dust.

Das Mergeln des Bodens spielte auch im mittelalterlichen Landbau eine Rolle. So gibt es z. B. ein Edikt Karl's des Kahlen aus dem Jahre 864 über die ***zu leistenden Mergelfuhren***.
Martina Fink
New Zealand
Local time: 00:23
cartloads of marl
Explanation:
As time progressed, these ridges became more pronounced, and farmers would pull up the more fertile soil which had moved down into the furrow, as well as adding manure, and marling the soil (the addition of clay mixed with carbonate of lime), both of which increase the height of the ridge.
http://agriculturaltrainee.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/on-my-co...

http://www.dict.cc/?s=fuhre
http://www.dict.cc/?s=mergeln

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die zu leistenden Mergelfuhren = how many cartloads of marl the peasants had to supply

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Note added at 20 mins (2013-03-25 16:58:02 GMT)
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Im Januar und Februar dieses Jahres wurden 80 Mergelfuhren mit eigenem Gespann und weitere 241 Fuder Mergel ausgefahren...
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V4dOBoMlnwAC&pg=PA195&lpg...

Die bei mir noch unbezahlten Mergelfuhren bitte baldigst zu bezahlen.
http://www.belzig.eu/Obermuehle.htm
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cartloads of marl


Explanation:
As time progressed, these ridges became more pronounced, and farmers would pull up the more fertile soil which had moved down into the furrow, as well as adding manure, and marling the soil (the addition of clay mixed with carbonate of lime), both of which increase the height of the ridge.
http://agriculturaltrainee.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/on-my-co...

http://www.dict.cc/?s=fuhre
http://www.dict.cc/?s=mergeln

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Note added at 13 mins (2013-03-25 16:51:00 GMT)
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die zu leistenden Mergelfuhren = how many cartloads of marl the peasants had to supply

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Note added at 20 mins (2013-03-25 16:58:02 GMT)
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Im Januar und Februar dieses Jahres wurden 80 Mergelfuhren mit eigenem Gespann und weitere 241 Fuder Mergel ausgefahren...
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V4dOBoMlnwAC&pg=PA195&lpg...

Die bei mir noch unbezahlten Mergelfuhren bitte baldigst zu bezahlen.
http://www.belzig.eu/Obermuehle.htm

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:23
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Thanks Andrew!

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