sown

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Sown area was 10% greater; gross value of crops increased 4.5% at pre-War prices and 150% at current prices; hog and cattle increased 64% and from 5% to 10% respectively.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sown by low-flying Navy planes, some of them were dropped to the surface by parachute; others, equipped with tail fins, plunged straight to the water.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sown wheat yields a crop within a few months; a planted almond grows into a nut-bearing tree in three or four years; but a planted acorn may not become productive for a decade or more.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Sown the 1st of May, the plants will blossom about the 30th of June, and pods may be plucked for use about the 15th of July.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

But the sap lasts,—and still the seed we find Sown deep even in the bosom of the North; So shall a bitter spring less bitter fruit bring forth.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various