Commentary for Bava Kamma 137:4

ותנן כרם רבעי היו מציינין אותו בקזוזות אדמה סימנא כי אדמה מה אדמה איכא הנאה מינה אף האי נמי כי מפרקא שרי לאיתהנויי מינה

that the <i>halachah</i> is in accordance with an anonymous Mishnah; and we have learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' M.Sh. V, I. ');">⁶</span> 'In the case of a vineyard in its fourth year, the owners used to mark it with clods of earth', the sign implying an analogy to earth: just as in the case of earth a benefit may ensue from it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In time, as after tilling, sowing and reaping. ');">⁷</span>

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