1. 三月有粪挑，谷子压弯腰;三月无粪挑,收谷不用刀。马无夜草不肥，苗无粪水不长。

1. In March, there's manure to carry, the millet bends to the waist; if there's no manure to carry in March, harvesting millet won't require a knife. A horse without night feed won't fatten, and seedlings without manure water won't grow.

2. 庄稼老汉不要犟，一个粪底一个样。

2. Old farmer, don't be stubborn; every dung heap has its own character.

3. 旱枣涝栗子，不旱不涝收柿子。

3. In drought, the jujube ripens; in flood, the chestnut ripens; neither drought nor flood, the persimmon ripens.

4. 九，不在山涧走。（汛期）青蛙叫，雨来到；蜻蜓低飞，河水漫堤。

4. Nine, don't walk in the ravines. (During the flood season) When frogs croak, rain is on its way; when dragonflies fly low, the river overflows its banks.

5. 秋前秋后，荞麦绿豆。

5. Before and after autumn, buckwheat and mung beans.

6. 三耕四耙五锄田，一季庄稼吃两年。

6. Three plows, four harrows, and five cultivations of the field, the crops of one season can be consumed for two years.

7. 底肥不足苗不长，追肥不足苗不旺。

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

8. 人误地一时，地误人一年。

8. A man may be mistaken for a short time, but the earth may be mistaken for a year.

9. 夏至满田青，红薯补窟窿。

9. The solstice brings green fields, sweet potatoes fill the holes.

10. 山上多栽树，等于修水库，雨多它能容，雨少它能吐。

10. Planting more trees on the mountain is equivalent to building a reservoir; when it rains, it can hold the water, and when it's dry, it can release it.

11. 冷粪果木热粪菜，生粪上地连根坏。没粪不种豆，粪大萝卜粗。

11. Cold dung on fruit trees, hot dung on vegetables; fresh dung on the ground will rot the roots. Without dung, no beans to plant; more dung, thicker radishes.

12. 睁眼秋，望着丢，闭眼秋，丢了还收。

12. Open your eyes and see autumn; look at it, close your eyes and autumn is gone, but it's still there to be collected.

13. 水满田，谷满仓，田内无水仓无粮。有收无收在于水，多收少收在于肥。有水无肥一半谷，有肥无水望天哭。囤水如囤粮，水足粮满仓。

13. Water fills the fields, grain fills the granaries; without water in the fields, the granaries lack grain. The success of the harvest depends on water, while the amount of the harvest depends on fertility. With water but no fertility, half the grain is lost; with fertility but no water, one can only weep to the sky. Storing water is like storing grain; with ample water, the granaries are full.

14. 深耕密植不上粪，枉费力气瞎胡混。量体裁衣，看禾施肥。

14. If you plant densely without applying manure, you are merely wasting your effort and making a mess. Tailor your clothes to fit the body, and apply fertilizer based on the crop's needs.

15. 大暑小暑，红薯乱杵。

15. The great heat and the slight heat, sweet potatoes are everywhere.

16. 冬天麦盖三层被，来年枕着馒头睡。

16. In winter, the wheat is covered with three layers of straw, and the next year, one sleeps on steamed buns.

17. 头水浅，二水满，三水四水往上赶。冬水透，青苗厚。

17. The first water is shallow, the second water is full, and the third and fourth waters are rushing upwards. In winter, the water permeates, and the green seedlings are thick.

18. 种地不上粪，好比瞎胡混。

18. Not using manure in farming is like fooling around aimlessly.

19. 农业谚语是劳动人民在长期的生产实践中，观察规律总结出来的经验，对农民的种植很有帮助。

19. Agricultural proverbs are the experiences summarized by the laboring people through long-term production practice, observing laws, which are very helpful for farmers in planting.

20. 麦在灰里滚，收成靠得稳。

20. Wheat rolls in the ashes, the harvest is sure.

21. 春天肥堆如山大，秋后粮堆大如山草子种三年，坏田变好田。

21. In spring, the manure piles are as big as mountains, and after autumn, the grain piles are as large as the mountain grass seeds. Planting them for three years turns bad fields into good ones.

22. 头犁深 二犁浅二犁排得粮囤满

22. The first plow is deep, the second one shallow, and the grain bins are filled with the second plow.

23. 寒露种早麦，霜降种好麦。

降霜时种早麦，霜降时种好麦。 Translation: "Sow early wheat during the Cold Dew, and good wheat during the Frost's Descent."

24. 人哄地皮，地哄肚皮。

24. People flatter the earth, and the earth flatters the belly.

25. 肥多不浇烧坏苗，粪大水勤长得好。底肥三年壮。

25. Over-fertilizing without adequate irrigation can burn the seedlings, but with plenty of manure and frequent watering, the plants grow well. The base fertilizer makes the plants strong for three years.

26. 白露早 寒露迟秋分种麦正当时

26. The White Dew comes early, the Cold Dew comes late; it's the best time to plant wheat at the equinox of autumn.

27. 谚语是民间集体创造、广为流传、言简意赅并较为定性的艺术语句，是民众的丰富智慧和普遍经验的规律性总结。

27. Proverbs are artistic statements collectively created by the people, widely spread, concise in expression, and relatively fixed in nature, representing a regular summary of the rich wisdom and general experience of the people.

28. 修塘如修仓，蓄水如储粮。

28. Repairing a dyke is like repairing a granary, storing water is like storing grain.

29. 麦浇黄芽谷浇老，大豆最怕霜降早。谷子生得乖，无水不怀胎。

29. When wheat is watered, the young shoots of the millet are irrigated, the soybeans are most afraid of an early frost. The millet grows well, but without water, it cannot孕育 offspring.

30. 头锄浅 二锄深三锄把土拥到根

30. The first hoe is shallow, the second hoe is deep, and the third hoe piles the soil around the roots.

31. 一天一水，胜似牛腿。（指黄瓜）能叫小水浇灌，不叫大水漫淹。

31. A daily sprinkle of water is better than having a cow's leg. (Referring to cucumbers) It prefers a gentle watering with small amounts of water rather than being flooded with large quantities.

32. 要得红苕好，底肥追肥要上饱。施肥一大片，不如一条线。

32. To grow good sweet potatoes, topdressing and manure should be applied generously. Spreading fertilizer over a large area is not as effective as applying it in a single line.

33. 惊蛰不锄地，好比蒸馍走了气。

33. Not to till the land during the惊蛰 (Jingzhe, the Waking of Insects), is like steamed buns that have lost their gas.

34. 年里施肥施根线，抵过年外施三遍。庄稼要好，底肥要饱。

34. In the year, fertilize and apply root line, equivalent to applying three times outside the year. To ensure good crops, the base fertilizer must be ample.

35. 麦黄火来烧，稻黄雨来浇。

35. When the wheat turns yellow, the fire comes to burn; when the rice turns yellow, the rain comes to water.

36. 棉锄七道白如霜，秧擂三遍谷没糠。

36. The cotton hoeing leaves a white track like frost, and the rice seedlings are pounded three times, leaving no chaff in the grain field.

37. 若要庄稼好，施肥要足还要巧。苗黄灌粪水，苗黑撒草灰。

37. To ensure good crops, fertilization must be both sufficient and skillful. When the seedlings turn yellow, they should be watered with manure, and when they turn black, they should be sprinkled with grass ash.

38. 谷子粪大赛黄金，高粱粪大赛珍珠。

38. The manure contest for millet is a gold medal event, and for sorghum, it's a pearl medal event.

39. 处暑种高山，白露种平川，秋分种门外，寒露种河湾。

39. Sow in the High Mountains during Chushu, in the Plains during Bai露, at the Gate during the Autumn Equinox, and at the River Bend during Hanlu.

40. 白露早，寒露迟，秋分种麦最宜时。

40. The White Dew comes early, the Cold Dew comes late, and the autumnal equinox is the best time for sowing wheat.

41. 有关农业的谚语

41. Proverbs about agriculture

42. 牵着不走，打着倒退。（指驴，比喻脾气犟的人）牛喂盐，每天一两或八钱。

42. Can't make it go forward by holding its rope, and it retreats when struck. (Refers to a donkey, used as a metaphor for stubborn people.) Feed the cow salt, one or eight cents per day.

43. 打靛沤麻，一盅热茶。

43. Dye indigo and soak hemp; have a cup of hot tea.

44. 搞好四旁绿化，风、沙、旱、涝都不怕。（四旁：家旁、村旁、河旁、路旁）光栽不护（树），白费功夫。

44. Do a good job of greening the surroundings (including the areas around homes, villages, rivers, and roads), and you will not fear wind, sand, drought, or flooding. Just planting without caring for the trees is a waste of effort.

45. 牛套马，累死俩。（一慢一快，不配合）牛不喝水强按头。

45. The ox yokes the horse, both of them exhausted. (One is slow and the other is fast, not cooperating.) Force the ox to drink water by holding its head down.

46. 谷雨前后，种瓜点豆。

46. Before and after Guyu, plant melons and beans.

47. 一滴水，一粒粮，贮水保水如保粮。人靠血养，苗靠水活。

47. A drop of water, a grain of food, storing water is as important as storing food. Humans rely on blood to maintain their health, and seedlings depend on water to thrive.

48. 富不丢书，穷不丢猪。

48. The rich do not discard books, the poor do not discard pigs.

49. 车拉槐。（国槐只要车能拉动就能栽活）柳树当年不算活。

49. The Sophora japonica can be planted as long as the vehicle can pull it (the Chinese scholar tree can survive as long as the vehicle can pull it). The willow tree is not considered alive in the first year.

50. 地薅三遍草，五谷收成好。

50. If the land is weeded three times, the harvest of five grains will be good.

51. 种不好庄稼一季穷,修不好塘堰永远穷。种谷靠埂，种麦靠沟。

51. Not doing well in farming will make you poor for a season, and not repairing ponds and dikes will keep you poor forever. Planting rice relies on embankments, while planting wheat relies on ditches.

52. 豆见豆，九十六。（96天熟）冷装豆子，热装麦。

52. Meet bean, ninety-six (96 days to mature). Cold packing for beans, hot packing for wheat.

53. 头锄浅 二锄深三锄过来剐断根

53. The first hoe is shallow, the second hoe is deep, and the third hoe comes along to sever the root.

54. 秋分种高山，寒露种平川，霜降种河滩，早晚不差三五天。

54. Sow highland seeds at the autumnal equinox, flatland seeds at the Cold Dew, riverbank seeds at the Start of Winter, and there is no difference of more than three or five days between morning and evening.

55. 稻不收，怨埂低；麦不收，怨种稀。

55. If rice is not harvested, people complain about the low levees; if wheat is not harvested, people complain about the sparse seeds.

56. 稻到场，麦到仓，豌豆背在脊梁上。

56. Rice to the field, wheat to the barn, peas on the back.

57. 人黄有病，苗黄缺粪。

57. The person is yellow with illness, the seedling is yellow with lack of fertilizer.

58. 白露种山秋分种川 寒露种滩

58. Plant on White Dew in the mountains, on the equinox in the river valleys, and on Cold Dew along the beaches.

59. 清明泡早稻，谷雨下半秧。

59. Early rice planting during Qingming, seedlings transplanted in the lower half of Guyu.

60. 草无泥不烂，泥无草不肥。

60. Grass does not rot without mud, and mud does not become fertile without grass.

61. 前挑一张嘴，后挑两条腿。（买牲口）饮水加盐，等于过年。

61. A mouth in front, two legs in the back (referring to buying livestock). Drinking water with salt is as good as celebrating the New Year.

62. 稻子出在犁头上，勤耕深耕长得壮。薄地怕深耕。

62. Rice seedlings sprout from the plowshare, and with diligent and deep plowing, they grow strong. Poor soil fears deep plowing.

63. 瓜茬瓜，不结瓜。（瓜茬地里不能再种瓜）水地葫芦旱地瓜。

63. "If you plant melons on melon stubble, they won't bear fruit. (You shouldn't plant melons on the stubble of melon fields.) Watermelon in water, melon in dry land."

64. 三伏锄谷没来由

64. The hot summer plowing of the fields has no reason.

65. 庄稼百祥巧，肥是无价宝。

65. The crops are bountiful and diverse, fertile soil is the most precious treasure.

66. 猫三，狗四，猪五，羊六，牛十月，马驴怀胎整一年。（怀胎时间）累马不喂草，汗马不饮水。

66. Cat three, dog four, pig five, sheep six, cow in October, horse and donkey pregnant for a whole year. (Pregnancy duration) Do not feed grass to horses that are exhausted, and do not give water to horses that are sweating.