1. 粮食本是土中生，土肥才有好收成。

1. Grain originally grows from the earth, and fertile soil ensures a good harvest.

2. 勤薅草，谷粒饱。

2. Work diligently at weeding, and the grains will be full.

3. 年外不如年里，年里不如掩底。

3. It's better to have a year than no year, and better to have a year than to be at the bottom of the year.

4. 种田不要问，深耕多上粪。

4. Don't ask when farming; cultivate deeply and apply plenty of manure.

5. 积肥如积粮，粮在肥中藏。

5. Fertilizer is like stored grain, and grain is hidden within the fertilizer.

6. 底肥不足苗不长，追肥不足苗不旺。

6. If the base fertilizer is insufficient, the seedlings will not grow; if the topdressing fertilizer is insufficient, the seedlings will not thrive.

7. 种田没有巧，只要肥料配得好。

7. There's no trick to farming, just make sure the fertilizer is well-matched.

8. 能耕巧种，不如懒汉上粪。

8. It's better for a lazy man to apply manure than for a skilled farmer to cultivate the land skillfully.

9. 庄稼好在种，种好三分收。

9. The crop depends on the sowing; a good sowing yields three parts of the harvest.

10. 芝麻稠，不可留，留来留去少出油。

10. Sesame paste is thick and should not be kept; if kept, it will produce less oil.

11. 小麦年前施一盏，顶过年后施一担。

11. Applying one pan of wheat fertilizer before the New Year is as good as applying a whole load after the New Year.

12. 宁愿饿坏肚肠，不叫断了种粮。

12. It is better to starve in the belly than to let the grain supply be interrupted.

13. 粪是土里虎，能增一石五。

13. Manure is the tiger in the soil, able to increase by one and a half stone.

14. 早种一天多打粮，晚种一天秋歉收。

14. Sow one day earlier and reap more grain; sow one day later and autumn harvest will be poor.

15. 麻地不宜平，免得雨水停。

15. The land should not be flattened to avoid rainwater from pooling.

16. 粪草粪草，庄稼之宝。

16. Manure and grass, the treasure of crops.

17. 田不勤耕，五谷不生。?>

17. If the fields are not cultivated, the five grains will not grow.

18. 秧田要浅，大田要深。

18. The rice seedlings field should be shallow, and the large field should be deep.

19. 灯无油不亮，稻无肥不长。

19. Lamps do not light without oil, and rice does not grow without fertilizer.

20. 肥料不下，稻子不大。

20. Without fertilizer, the rice will not grow big.

21. 种地没有鬼，全仗粪和水。

21. There are no ghosts in farming, everything relies on manure and water.

22. 一粒良种，千粒好粮。

22. A good seed produces a thousand good grains.

23. 要想韭菜好，只要灰里找。

23. To ensure the leek is good, just look in the ash.

24. 积肥如积粮，肥多粮满仓。

24. Fertilizing the soil is like storing grain; the more fertilizer, the fuller the granary.

25. 冬粪肥田，春粪肥秧。

25. Manure is used to fertilize the fields in winter, and seedlings are fertilized with manure in spring.

26. 好种出好苗，好葫芦锯好瓢。

26. Good seeds produce good seedlings, and good gourds yield good ladles.

27. 秋后不深耕，来年虫子生。

27. If the soil is not deeply cultivated after autumn, pests will appear the following year.

28. 庄稼要好，施肥要巧。

28. The crops should be good, and the application of fertilizer should be skillful.

29. 种子田，好经验，忙一时，甜一年。

29. Seed fields, good experience, busy for a while, sweet for a year.

30. 圈里养了羊，多出三月粮。

30. They kept sheep in the pen, and had extra food for three months.

31. 谷子粪大赛黄金，高粱粪大赛珍珠。

31. Manure contest for millet is a gold medal, and for sorghum it's a pearl.

32. 你哄庄稼草中坐，庄稼哄你肚皮饿。

32. You make the crops sit in the grass, while the crops make you hungry in your belly.

33. 种田粪肥多，谷子箩搭箩。

33. The fields are rich in manure, and the millet baskets are piled one on top of another.

34. 缸里无米空起早，田里无肥空种稻。

34. It's in vain to rise early with no rice in the jar, and it's in vain to plant rice in a field with no fertilizer.

35. 底肥金，追肥银，肥多不如巧上粪。

35. Base fertilizer is gold, topdressing is silver, more fertilizer is not as good as applying it skillfully.

36. 做田无粪，瞎子无棍。

36. No manure for the fields, no stick for the blind.

37. 秋耕只一遍，保顶春耕三四遍。

37. One plowing in autumn, ensures three or four plowings in spring.

38. 选种没有巧，棵大穗圆粒子饱。

38. Choosing seeds is not tricky, the plants are large, the ears are round, and the kernels are full.

39. 施肥一大片，不如点和钱。

39. It's better to sprinkle a little money than to fertilize a large area.

40. 种也在人，收也在人。

40. Sowing is in man's hands, and reaping is also in man's hands.

41. 分层上粪，粮食满囤。

41. Apply manure in layers, and the granary will be full of grain.

42. 家选不如场选，场选不如地洗。

42. Home selection is not as good as field selection, and field selection is not as good as earth washing.

43. 拉在场里一半，放在囤里才算。

43. It counts as half-pulled into the field if it's placed in the granary.

44. 人要饭养，稻要肥长。

44. People need to beg for food, rice needs fertilizer to grow.

45. 麦在灰里滚，收成靠得稳。

45. Wheat rolls in the ashes, the harvest is secure.

46. 棉花见杈不定苗，秋后不开桃。

46. The cotton plants do not grow properly, and the bolls will not open in autumn.

47. 油足灯才亮，肥足禾才壮。

47. Only when the oil is sufficient does the lamp shine, and only when the grain is full does the rice grow strong.

48. 上粪上在劲头，锄地锄到地头。

48. Apply manure with full vigor, and hoe the soil to the very end of the field.

49. 庄户地里不要问，除了雨水就是粪。

49. Don't ask on the farmer's land, except for rain, it's just manure.

50. 麦收三件宝：头多，穗大，子粒饱。

50. Three treasures of wheat harvest: a large number of heads, large ears, and full seeds.

51. 秋水老子冬水娘，浇好春水多打粮。

51. Old Master Qiu and the Winter Lady, water the springtime well to harvest more grain.