1. 冬锄春苗好，春锄杂草少，不锄收成少。头道浅，二道深，三道把土壅到根。

1. It's good to hoe in winter and plant seedlings in spring, less weeding in spring and less harvest if not hoed. The first hoeing is shallow, the second is deep, and the third hoing piles the soil around the roots.

2. 一要质，二要量，田间选种不上当。一选二晒三浸种，出苗整齐少病虫。十成收粮，九成靠秧。

2. First ensure quality, then quantity; don't be deceived when selecting seeds in the field. One select, two dry, three soak the seeds; the seedlings will germinate uniformly with fewer pests and diseases. Ten percent of the grain harvest depends on the seedlings, while ninety percent relies on them.

3. 千担粪下地，万担粮归仓。

3. Ten thousand loads of manure are spread on the land, and a hundred thousand loads of grain are stored in the granaries.

4. 三月田中水，贵如篓里油;田埂要扎紧，不让一滴流。开渠打坝，旱涝不怕。

4. In March, the rice field's water is as precious as oil in a pot; the embankments must be tightly packed, to prevent a single drop from flowing away. By opening canals and building dams, neither drought nor flood will be feared.

5. 灯里无油灯不亮，田里缺肥苗不长。肥是农家宝，种地离不了。

5. Without oil, the lamp won't shine, and without fertilizer, the seedlings won't grow in the field. Fertilizer is the treasure of farmers, and is indispensable for farming.

6. 寒露早，立冬迟，霜降种麦正当时。

6. The Cold Dew comes early, the Start of Winter comes late, and the time for planting wheat is just right when the Autumn Equinox arrives.

7. 栽禾赶时，割禾赶天。

7. Sow crops in time and harvest them under the sky.

8. 百株核桃十五年，赛过百亩好良田。

8. Eighty walnuts after fifteen years, outshine a hundred acres of good farmland.

9. 流不尽的长江水，积不完的农家肥。

9. The endless Yangtze River flows, and the endless farmer's manure accumulates.

10. 牛马年，好种田。

10. In the Ox and Horse year, it's a good time for farming.

11. 深耕密植不上粪，枉费力气瞎胡混。量体裁衣，看禾施肥。

11. Not fertilizing and planting densely in depth is a waste of effort and confusion. Tailor the clothing and fertilize according to the rice crop.

12. 家有一片树，不愁吃和住。

12. If you have a piece of land with trees at home, you won't have to worry about food and shelter.

13. 头水浅，二水满，三水四水往上赶。冬水透，青苗厚。

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

14. 冷粪果木热粪菜，生粪上地连根坏。没粪不种豆，粪大萝卜粗。

14. Fruits are grown with cold dung and vegetables with hot dung; when raw dung is used on the land, the roots rot. Without dung, beans won't be planted; a large dung means a coarse radish.

15. 风雨一阵，棉长一寸。

15. After a bout of wind and rain, the cotton grows an inch.

16. 泥干百日为粪，粪干百日成泥。要得田头有，粪筐不离手。

16. Mud dries into manure after a hundred days, and manure dries into mud after another hundred days. If you want to have a bountiful field, you must never let the dung basket be out of hand.

17. 肥多不浇烧坏苗，粪大水勤长得好。底肥三年壮。

17. Too much manure without water will burn the seedlings, but frequent watering with ample manure will promote good growth. The base fertilizer will make the plants robust for three years.

18. 你哄庄稼草中坐，庄稼哄你肚皮饿。

18. You coax the crops to sit in the grass, and the crops coax you to be hungry in your belly.

19. 要得红苕好，底肥追肥要上饱。施肥一大片，不如一条线。

19. To grow good sweet potatoes, the base fertilizer and top dressing must be abundant. Spreading fertilizer over a large area is not as good as applying it in a single line.

20. 1春天不努力，冬天要受饥；夏天不拔草，冬天吃不饱。草是百谷病，不除苗送命。

20.1 If you don't work hard in spring, you'll starve in winter; if you don't weed in summer, you'll go hungry in winter. Weeds are the plague of all crops, and if they're not removed, the seedlings will perish.

21. 合理上粪，粮食满囤。

21. Properly apply manure, and the granary will be full of grain.

22. 早起三朝当一天，捡回狗粪好肥田。

22. Rising early three times is as good as a whole day, and picking up dog feces makes the field fertile.

23. 要想地不冲，多挖鱼鳞坑;坑成满天星，防旱又防冲。保土、保水、保丰收。

23. To prevent soil erosion, dig more fish scale pits; when the pits are like a starry sky, they can prevent drought and erosion. They help preserve soil, water, and ensure a bountiful harvest.

24. 正月有粪挑，麦子压弯腰;正月无粪挑，麦子如牛毛。田里缺肥料，扁担两头翘。

24. In the first month, there's manure to carry, wheat bends over; in the first month without manure, wheat is as fine as cow hair. Lack of fertilizer in the fields, the ends of the扁担 (扁担) are raised up.

25. 冻土化开，快种大麦。

25. When the permafrost thaws, plant barley quickly.

26. 好钢用在刀刃上，好肥用在攻穗上。麦追黄芽谷追节，玉米追的七个叶。冷田热底，增产无比。

26. The best steel is used on the edge of the knife, and the best fertilizer is used on the spike of the crop. For wheat, it's followed by the yellow sprout; for rice, it's followed by the jointing stage; for corn, it's followed by the seven-leaf stage. In cold fields and warm bases, there's an immense increase in yield.

27. 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。

27. Water fills the fields, grain fills the granaries, but without water in the fields and grain in the granaries. The harvest depends on water, and the amount of 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 heavens. Storing water is like storing grain; with enough water, the granaries are full.

28. 一冻一消 冬浇正好

28. Freeze and melt, winter watering is just right.

29. 秧好一半谷，种好一半收。

29. Half of the grain depends on the quality of the seedlings, and half depends on the quality of the planting.

30. 糜谷不上粪，枉把天爷恨。

30. If millet is not fertilized with manure, it's a waste of resentment towards the Heavenly Father.

31. 早种一天多打粮，晚种一天秋歉收。

31. Planting one day earlier brings more grain, while planting one day later leads to a poor autumn harvest.

32. 棉怕八月连天阴，稻怕寒露一朝霜。

32. Cotton fears a continuous overcast sky in August, while rice fears a sudden frost on the day of Hanlu.

33. 春旱盖仓房，秋旱断种粮。

33. Spring drought covers granaries, autumn drought interrupts grain crops.

34. 油是精神盐是劲，粮食增产要靠粪。要得庄稼好，须在粪上找。

34. Oil is the salt of the spirit, and manure is the vigor. To increase grain production, one must rely on manure. To grow good crops, one must seek in the manure.

35. 治山治水不栽树，有土有水保不住。

35. If you manage mountains and rivers without planting trees, you cannot retain soil and water.

36. 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。

36. In March, there's manure to carry, the millet bends under the weight; 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 won't grow without manure water.

37. 二月下雪小麦吃苦 早锄两遍可以弥补

37. If it snows in February, wheat will suffer; doing two early weeding sessions can compensate for it.

38. 春耕抢墒，秋耕抢时。

38. In spring, cultivate to catch the moisture; in autumn, cultivate to catch the time.

39. 奶多孩儿胖，人多力量强;春积千担肥，秋收万斤粮。扫帚响，粪堆长;粪堆长，庄稼旺。

39. More milk, more chubby children; more people, greater strength; accumulate a thousand loads of manure in spring, reap ten thousand catties of grain in autumn. The broom is loud, the manure pile grows; the manure pile grows, the crops thrive.

40. 麦子垄里跑开狗，一亩收不了一斗。棉花伸开拳，一棵摘一篮。

40. A dog runs off in the wheat ridges, a mu (one acre) can't produce a dou (a unit of capacity, about 0.1 bushel). The cotton spreads its hand, and one tree yields a basket.

41. 冬耕多一遍，夏收多一石。

41. One extra plowing in winter, one extra measure of grain in summer.

42. 3高粱稀，谷子稠，玉米地里卧下牛，还嫌玉米稠；小豆地里卧下鸡，还嫌小豆稀。

42. Sorghum is sparse, millet is dense, a cow lies down in the cornfield, and still thinks the corn is too dense; a chicken lies down in the soybean field, and still thinks the soybeans are too sparse.

43. 探挖土，细培土，苗苗根儿深人土。

43. Loosen the soil, cultivate it finely, and the seedlings' roots penetrate deeply into the earth.

44. 人补桂圆和蜜枣，地补河泥和粪草。

44. Humans supplement with lychee and honey dates, while the earth is supplemented with river silt and manure.