1. 冷粪果木热粪菜，生粪上地连根坏。没粪不种豆，粪大萝卜粗。

1. Cold manure for fruit trees, hot manure for vegetables, fresh manure on the ground ruins the roots. Without manure, don't plant beans; with more manure, the radishes will be coarse.

2. 一犁三耙，不是瞎话；光犁不耙，枉打一夏。、干耕干耙，湿耕湿耙；光耕不耙，种不上庄稼。秋前不打田，秋后叫皇天。

2. One plow and three harrows is no exaggeration; if you only plow and don't harrow, you'll be wasting your summer. Dry plowing and dry harrowing, wet plowing and wet harrowing; if you only plow and don't harrow, you won't be able to plant crops. If you don't plow before autumn, you'll call upon the heavens after autumn.

3. 若要好，三凑巧：粪大、水足、种子饱。肥田不如肥种。

3. To be good, three coincidences are needed: plenty of manure, sufficient water, and abundant seeds. Fertile soil is no match for fertile seeds.

4. 麦子倒了无种，荞麦倒了产量丰。烂冬油菜干冬麦。

4. When wheat falls over, there is no seed; when buckwheat falls over, the yield is abundant. When winter rapeseed rots, the winter wheat dries up.

5. 稻耥三遍粮满仓，棉锄七遍白如霜。一粒粮食一滴汗，粮不进仓心不安。一年劳动在于秋，粮不到仓不算收。一年庄稼看一秋，一日不收一日丢。三春不如一秋忙，秋忙一日顶三晌。抢收如抢宝，过秋收把草。

5. Three times the rice raking, the granary is full; seven times the cotton weeding, white as frost. A grain of rice, a drop of sweat; the heart is not at ease until the grain is stored in the granary. The year's labor is in autumn; the grain is not in the granary, it is not counted as a harvest. A year's crops depend on one autumn; if not harvested one day, it's lost one day. Three springs are not as busy as one autumn; a busy autumn day is equivalent to three morning and afternoon sessions. Rushing to harvest is like rushing for treasure; after the autumn harvest, discard the straw.

6. 厚盖谷子薄盖麻，不薄不厚把麦压。种田要抢先，收割要抢天。

6. The thickly planted millet is thin-sown sesame, and the wheat is sown neither thin nor thick. Farming requires taking the lead, and harvesting requires seizing the moment.

7. 闲时积肥忙时用，渴了挖井来不及。要想吃个香的，就得拾个脏的。趁空多捡粪，时雨快耕田。

7. Accumulate fertilizer in leisure time for use during busy periods; dig a well when you're thirsty and it's too late. If you want to eat something delicious, you have to pick something dirty. Make the most of the time to collect manure; when the timely rain comes, start plowing the fields.

8. 麦熟两怕，风吹雨打；若要不怕，抓紧镰把。谷黄谷黄，人人上场。

8. There are two things to fear when wheat is ripe: wind and rain. If you don't want to fear them, hold the sickle tightly. When the grains turn yellow, everyone joins in.

9. 多施肥料苗儿壮，苗旺自能多打粮。(蒙古族)

9. More fertilization results in strong seedlings, and vigorous seedlings naturally yield more grain. (Mongolian)

10. 田泥上山金不换，土泥下田收万石。薄地上熟土，一亩顶两亩。

10. Topsoil on the mountains is priceless, and clay soil in the fields yields ten thousand measures. Well-rotted soil on thin land is as good as two acres.

11. 肥多不浇烧坏苗，粪大水勤长得好。底肥三年壮。

11. Too much fertilizer without irrigation will burn the seedlings, but excessive manure with frequent watering will promote growth. The base fertilizer will make the plants strong for three years.

12. 少种不如多种，粗种不如种好。若要富，庄稼开个杂货铺。

12. It's better to plant a variety than just one, and better to plant well than roughly. If you want to be rich, open a general store for your crops.

13. 黑夜冷，白天晴，红苕一定好收成。谷斗响，红苕正在长。

13. At night it's cold, during the day it's sunny, sweet potatoes are sure to have a good harvest. The rice paddy is noisy, sweet potatoes are growing.

14. 早中耕，地发暖；多中耕，地不板；深中耕，抗涝旱。早耕有三好：烂泥、杀虫又死草。

14. Early shallow tilling warms the ground; more tilling prevents the soil from becoming hard; deep tilling helps against both floods and droughts. Early tilling has three benefits: it breaks up clay soil, kills pests, and eliminates weeds.

15. 积肥无巧：烧、熏、挖、换、扫、割、沤、堆、拾、捞。

15. There's no shortcut to composting: burning, smoking, digging, replacing, sweeping, cutting, soaking, piling, picking up, and foraging.

16. 庄稼就怕比着看，稀植打八斗，密植打一石。稀苗结大穗，密植多打粮。

16. Crops are afraid of being compared; sparse planting yields eight measures, while dense planting yields one stone. Sparse plants produce large ears, and dense planting yields more grain.