I'm not planning to destroy any cropland myself. My interest is in whether the phrase derived from historical usage or, if the answer exceeded what would have been practical for an army to tow into enemy lands, the etymology was merely hypothetical.
I'm not planning to destroy any cropland myself. My interest is in whether the phrase derived from historical usage or, if the answer exceeded what would have been practical for an army to tow into enemy lands, the etymology was merely hypothetical.
No way an enemy could do that. Even carrying standard amounts of modern granular fertilizer would be a burden for an attacking army. My guess is it was used as punishment, and they'd probably only do it around the guy's house and garden. They'd take his actual crop fields for production.
No way an enemy could do that. Even carrying standard amounts of modern granular fertilizer would be a burden for an attacking army. My guess is it was used as punishment, and they'd probably only do it around the guy's house and garden. They'd take his actual crop fields for production.
Fooding with salt water could sure do it.
Fooding with salt water could sure do it.
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