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English For Agriculture
English For Agriculture
FOR
AGRICULTURE
PREFACE
Third chapter aims students could difference categories of Pesticides, Precautions and
how each of them its work for agriculture. Fourth chapter will explain the needs or tools
for farming and its function. Furthermore, the last chapter will explain understanding
farmer's access for service in some areas also making agriculture's students understand
well and prepare themselves facing agricultural in modern ways.
Majalengka, 2019
Authors
Contents
VOCABULARIES OF AGRICULTURE
Vocabulary Arti
A bit of blood : Bibit unggul
Acclimatization : Aklimatisasi
Aggregate : Agregat
Agribusiness : Agribisnis
Agricultural base : Azaz pertanian
Agricultural capital : Modal pertanian
Agricultural chemistry : Kimia pertanian
Agricultural college : Institut pertanian
Agricultural comodity : Komoditas pertanian
Agricultural country : Negara pertanian/ Agraria
Agricultural development : Perkembangan pertanian
Agricultural district : Daerah pertanian
Agricultural diversification : Diversifikasi pertanian
Agricultural economics : Ekonomi pertanian
Agricultural export : Ekspor pertanian
Agricultural extension : Penyuluhan pertanian
Agricultural high school : SMA Pertanian
Agricultural import : Import pertanian
Agricultural industry : Industri pertanian
Agricultural institution : Lembaga pertanaian
Agricultural labour force : Tenaga buruh pertanian
Agricultural labourer : Buruh pertanian
Agricultural land : Lahan pertanian
Agricultural marketing : Pemasaran pertanian
Agricultural planning : Rancangan pertanian
Agricultural policy : Kebijakan pertanian
Agricultural pollution : Polusi pertanian
Agricultural product : Hasil/ produk pertanian
Agricultural productivity : Produktivitas pertanian
Agricultural research : Penelitian pertanian
Agricultural revolution : Revolusi pertanian
Agricultural sector : Sektor pertanian
Agricultural technique : Teknologi/ Teknik pertanian
Agricultural tenant : Penyewa lahan pertanian
Agricultural testing station : Balai uji coba pertanian
Agricultural waste : Limbah pertanian
Agriculturist : Pengusaha tani
Agrochemistry : Agro Kimia
Agroecosystem : Agroekosistem
Agronomist : Ahli ilmu tanah
Agronomy : Agronomi/ Ilmu tanah pertanaian
Amelioration : Ameliorasi
Amensalisme : Amensalisme
Artesian aquifer : Akuifer artesis
Bank irrigation : Irigasi tepi sungai
Botanical key : Kunci botanik
Burning bush : Pembakaran semaksemak
Calcification : Pengapuran
Carabau : Kerbau
Carbonaceous : Karbonan
Carbonaceous remains : Karbonan tetap
Clove : Cengkeh
Compost : Pupuk kompos
Corn : Jagung
Corn belt : Daerah tanaman jagung
Corn crusher : Penghancur jagung
Crofter : Petani menyewakan ladangnya
Cultivars : Kultivar
Cultivate : Menanam
Cum : Nutfah
Debit : Pendebitan
Degraded land : Lahan kritis
Drier continues : Alat pengering berlanjut
Dry aggregate : Agregat kering
Dry stream : Aliran kemarau
Dynamometer : Dinamometer
Earth worm : Cacing tanah
Electric shock devices : Alat kejut listrik
Emigration insects : Emigrasi serangga
Epifiotik : Epifiotik
Explants : Eksplan
Famine : Paceklik
Farmer : Petani
Farmer tool : Alat tani
Feed conversion : Konversi pakan
Fertile : Subur
Fertile area : Daerah subur
Fertilizer : Pupuk
Fertilizer lines : Jalur pupuk
Flit gun : Alat penyemprot hama
Flooded : Kojoh
Flow comes back : Aliran timbul kembali
Forage preservation : Pengawetan hijauan
Freatofit : Freatofit
Gaga scaffolding : Gaga rancah
Gin : Gin
Glasshous/greenhouse : Rumah kaca
Grafting : Okulasi
Grain thresher tool : Alat perontok gabah
Guano : Pupuk kotoran burung
Halofob : Halofob
Halve : Memperdua
Harvest : Panen
Harvesting time : Musim panen
High yield rice : Padi unggul
Hoe : Pacul
Horizontal diversification : Diversifikasi horizontal
If the power : Daya olah
Imunity : Imunitas
Indicator plants : Tumbuhan indikator
Infertile : Gersang
Intercropping : Tumpang sari
Irrigation : Irigasi
Laboratory : Laboratorium
Land Clearing : Pembukaan lahan
Leisure time : Masa Senggang
Liquid limit : Batas cair
Marginal Land : Tanah marginal
Mechanical analysis : Analisis mekanis
Melting cell : Lebur sel
Mina rice : Mina padi
Ministry of agriculture : Kementrian pertanian
Mitisida : Mitisida
Monoculture : Monokultur
Mulch : Mulsa
Mule : Bagal
Multicultural : Multikultur
Multiple ugriculture : Pertanian Campuran
Multiplication : Perbanyakan
Mycosis : Mikosis
Nauseating : Luah
Necrosis pusuh : Nekrosis pusuh
Nigthsoli : Pupuk kotoran manusia
Orchard : Kebun buah
Organic farming : Pertanian organik
Ovary : Bakal buah
Overcop : Bercocok tanam berlebihan
Overlapping shifts : Tumpang gilir
Ovule : Bakal biji
Peat moss : Gambut
Pesticide : Pesticida
Plant disease : Hama
Plot : Bedeng
Plow up : Membajak sawah
Polyculture : Polikultur
Porridge Bordeaux : Bubur bordeaux
Porridge burgundians : Bubur burgundi
Portions of Rice : Bagian beras
Preservatives : Bahan pengawet
Profit sharing : Bagi hasil
Psamolitoral : Psamolitoral
Pure seed : Benih murni
Rain gauge : Alat ukur hujan
Reaping time : Waktu panen
Reclamation : Reklamasi
Residual flow : Aliran sisa
Rice barn : Lumbung padi
Rice Plant : Padi
Ricemill : Gilingan padi
Rotation : Rotasi
Salt pan : Ladang garam
Saltation : Saltasi
Sap flow : Aliran getah
Scarification : Skarifikasi
Sediment analysis : Analisis endapan
Seed : Bibit
Seed treatment : Perawatan bibit
Shalter in rice field : Gubuk petani
Sherecroper : Petani bagi hasil
Short machete : Parang
Silvisida : Silvisida
Smallholde : Petani penggarap
Smallpoxe tree : Cacar pohon
Sod : Lapisan tanah teratas
Soil fumigant : Fumigan tanah
Stuble mulch : Mulsa tunggul
Subsoil : Lapisan tanah bagian bawah
Surface flow : Aliran permukaan
The anual flow : Aliran tahunan
Tillers : Anakan
Tool penyosoh : Alat penyosoh
Transpiration : Transpirasi
Transplant : Transplantasi
Underclay : Lapisan tanah liat
Unhulled paddy separated from : Gabah
talks
Unirrigated agricultura field : Ladang
Varieties : Varietas
Vertical diserfication : Disertifikasi vertikal
Water : Menyiram
Water requirements : Keperluan air
Weir : Bendungan
Wet nurse : Inang
Wet rice field : Sawah
CHAPTER 2
PRONOUNS
Pronoun atau kata ganti adalah kata yang dapat menggantikan suatu kata benda atau
frasa kata benda. Kata ganti berfungsi menghindari pengulangan kata benda atau frasa
kata benda yang sama yang telah disebut sebelumnya.
Dalam bahasa Inggris, pronoun terdiri dari tujuh jenis, yaitu:
Personal pronoun adalah kata ganti yang menunjukkan pada orang atau penamaan. Kata
ganti orang ini digunakan sebagai subjek dan objek. Tabel di bawah ini menyenaraikan
penggunaan tersebut.
I Me Saya, aku
You You Kamu, Anda, kalian
She Her Dia (perempuan)
He Him Dia (laki-laki)
It It Dia, itu, -nya
We Us Kita, kami
They Them Mereka
Contoh kalimatnya:
Three days ago I met Ariel. Yesterday I met him again. [Tiga hari yang lalu saya
bertemu Ariel. Kemarin saya bertemu dia lagi.]
My sister bought a new handphone. She loves it very much. [Saudara perempuan
saya membeli sebuah handphone baru. Dia sangat menyukainya.]
Sule borrowed three books from the library. He must return them in two days.
[Sule meminjam tiga buku dari perpustakaan. Dia harus mengembalikannya dalam
dua hari.]
Possessive pronoun adalah kata yang menunjukkan kepemilikan. Ada dua bentuk
possessive pronoun yaitu dependent (ditempatkan sebelum suatu kata benda) dan
independent (ditempatkan setelah suatu kata kerja). Untuk lebih jelasnya, silakan Anda
lihat tabel di bawah ini.
Dependent Independent
My Mine
Your Your
His His
Her Hers
Its Its
Our Ours
Their Theirs
Contohnya:
This is my book. The book is mine. [Ini buku saya. Buku ini punya saya]
This house is theirs. [Rumah ini milik mereka.]
This is your pencil and those are hers. [Ini pensilmu dan itu punya dia.]
3. Reflexive Pronoun
Reflexive pronoun adalah kata ganti yang menunjuk kegiatan untuk pelaku sendiri
dalam kalimat bersangkutan, atau memberi penekanan pada unsur subjek atau objek.
Kata ganti ini mendapat akhiran –self untuk bentuk tunggal, dan akhiran –selves untuk
bentuk jamak. Perhatikan tabel di bawah ini.
Contoh kalimatnya:
4. Demonstrative Pronoun
Interrogative pronoun adalah kata-kata yang mempertanyakan orang atau benda. Ini
antara lain: who, whom (siapa), whose (punya siapa), why (mengapa), which (yang
mana), dan what (apa).
Contoh kalimatnya:
6. Indefinite Pronoun
Indefinite pronoun adalah kata ganti yang mengacu pada seseorang atau sesuatu yang
dianggap tidak tentu, seperti: somebody (seseorang), no one (tak seorang pun),
something, anything (sesuatu), everyone (setiap orang), dan everything (segala sesuatu).
Contoh kalimatnya:
7. Relative Pronoun
Relative pronoun adalah kata-kata yang merangkai suatu kata benda atau frasa kata
benda dengan klausa penjelasnya, seperti who, whom, whose, which, dan that yang
diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Indonesia menjadi kata yang.
Contoh kalimatnya:
I don’t like people who lose temper easily. [Saya tidak senang pada orang yang
mudah naik pitam.]
Meong that I always feed everyday is my cat. [Meong yang saya beri makan setiap
hari adalah kucing saya.]
This is Tukul whose brother you met last week. [Ini tukul yang kakaknya kamu
temui minggu lalu.]
Which one do you want? [yang mana yang kau mau].
CHAPTER 3
COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example:
"pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens.
Here are some more countable nouns:
with it:
I like oranges.
Bottles can break.
Uncountable Nouns
We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns.
We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of:
a piece of news
a bottle of water
a grain of rice
Dolar Money
Song Music
Suitcase Luggage
Table Furniture
Battery Electricity
Botle Wine
Report Information
Tip Advice
Journey Travel
Job Work
View Scenery
Sometimes, the same noun can be countable and uncountable, often with a change of
meaning.
Contable Uncountable
There are two hairs in my coffee! Hair I don't have much hair.
There are two lights in our Light Close the curtain. There's too
bedroom. much light!
light
the city.
Our house has seven rooms. Room Is there room for me to sit
here?
We had a great time at the party. Time Have you got time for a
coffee?
How many times have I told you
no?
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
1. PENGERTIAN
Conditional sentence itu sendiri adalah merupakan gabungan dua kalimat
dimana salah satunya adalah kalimat bersyarat (if clause) dan kalimat lain adalah
akibat yang ditimbulkan dari terpenuhi atau tidaknya syarat tersebut. Misal, jika
kamu datang ke rumah (syarat), maka aku akan memasak opor ayam (akibat).
Artinya, jika kamu datang, maka niat saya untuk memasak opor ayam akan
terjadi, tapi jika tidak datang, maka saya tidak jadi masak opor ayam. Sedangkan
type 1 adalah bentuk conditional sentence yang peluang terpenuhinya syarat
masih terbuka lebar karena baru akan terjadi di masa yang akan datang.
A. Pengertian
Seperti yang telah dijelaskan dalam Fungsi dan Rumus
conditional Sentence type 1 sebelumnya, bahwa yang dimaksud dengan
Conditional Sentence adalah gabungan 2 kalimat dimana salah satunya
adalah kalimat syarat, dan yang lainnya adalah akibat dari pelaksanaan
syarat tersebut. Nah, jika kamu belum mempelajari type 1 atau sudah
pernah tapi lupa, sebaiknya baca dan pahami kembali rumusan dan
fungsi conditional sentence type 1 agar kamu bisa mengetahui
perbedaannya sehingga tidak bingung dan tertukar antara satu rumus
dengan yang lainnya. Dan berikut saya jelaskan rumus dan fungsi
conditional sentence type 2.
1. Present tense: If Jack was here, he would know what to do. (jika Jack ada di sini, dia
akan tahu apa yang harus dilakukan) Tapi pada kenyataannya Jack saat ini tidak ada
di sini.
2. Past tense: If I lost my job tomorrow, I would move to Jogjakarta. (jika besok aku
kehilangan pekerjaanku (dipecat), maka aku akan pindah ke Jogjakarta. Usaha
pemecatan tidak dilakukan oleh aku sendiri, tapi oleh atasan. Jadi sulit bagiku untuk
memecat diriku sendiri).
A. Pengertian.
Pada artikel sebelumnya, saya telah membahas fungsi dan rumus
conditional sentence type 1 dan type 2. Jika kamu belum mempelarinya atau
lupa, maka sebelum mempelajari type 3, sebaiknya baca dulu type 1 dan 2.
Nah, Sebelum membicarakan tentang fungsi dan rumus conditional sentence
type 3, mari kita ingat kembali apa pengertian conditional sentence.
Conditional Sentence adalah gabungan dari dua buah kalimat dimana salah
satunya adalah kalimat syarat (klausul) sedangkan yang lain adalah kalimat
yang berisi tentang akibat atau hasil dilaksanakan atau tidaknya syarat
tersebut.
With festivals:
With dates:
Prepositions of place
With addresses:
With events:
With roads/streets, or other things that can be thought of as a line, e.g.: rivers:
But:
However, if we think of a city or larger place as a specific point in space, we can use at,
e.g.:
Prepositions of Place are used to show the position or location of one thing with
another.
In front of
Behind
Behind is the opposite of In front of. It means at the back (part) of something.
When the teacher writes on the whiteboard, the students are behind him (or her).
Who is that person behind the mask?
I slowly down because there was a police car behind me.
Between
Between normally refers to something in the middle of two objects or things (or places).
Across from and Opposite mean the same thing. It usually refers to something being in
front of something else BUT there is normally something between them like a street or
table. It is similar to saying that someone (or a place) is on the other side of something.
Next to / Beside
Next to and Beside mean the same thing. It usually refers to a thing (or person) that is at
the side of another thing.
Near / Close to
Near and Close to mean the same thing. It is similar to next to / beside but there is more
of a distance between the two things.
Above / Over
Above and Over have a similar meaning. The both mean "at a higher position than X"
but above normally refers to being directly (vertically) above you.
Over can also mean: physically covering the surface of something and is often used with
the word All as in All over.
Under / Below
Under and Below have a similar meaning. They mean at a lower level. (Something is
above it).
Sometimes we use the word underneath instead of under and beneath instead of below.
There is no difference in meaning those they are less common nowadays.
Relative Clauses
IS A RELATIVE CLAUSE?
A relative clause is one kind of dependent clause. It has a subject and verb, but can’t
stand alone as a sentence. It is sometimes called an “adjective clause” because it
functions like an adjective—it gives more information about a noun. A relative clause
always begins with a “relative pronoun,” which substitutes for a noun, a noun phrase, or
a pronoun when sentences are combined.
I like the paintings. (Which paintings? We can’t clearly identify them without
the relative clause.)
I like the paintings which hang in the SASB North lobby. (Again, this is
acceptable, but some people object to using “which” in a restrictive relative
clause. “That” is preferred.)
Students who study hard will do well in my class. (Only this group of students
will do well.)
Students whose grades are low can drop one test score. (Only this group can
drop a test score.)
When the noun is the object of the preposition, both the noun and the preposition move
together to the front of the relative clause. In less formal English, it’s common to move
only the pronoun to the front of the clause.
I spent hours talking with a person last night. I hope to hear from her.
I hope I hear from the person with whom I spent hours talking last night. (more
formal)
OR
I hope to hear from the person whom I spent hours talking with last night. (less
formal)
A non-restrictive relative clause can modify a single noun, a noun phrase, or an entire
proposition.
Driving across the country with three small children is going to be stressful.
I’m driving across the country with three small children, which is going to be
stressful.
Pada informal English, ketika berfungsi sebagai object, relative pronoun dapat
dihilangkan (optional). Namun tidak berlaku pada formal English. Berikut beberapa
contoh complex sentence yang mengandung defining clause.
Who
Whom
Object Informal:
(of The person to The person I just gave two
preposition whom I just gave two pieces of cake pieces of cake to is my
“to”) is my brother. brother.
Whose
Which
That
No one that
Object he loves won’t come to his graduation
(of verb ceremony. Informal=
“loves”) (Tak satupun yang dia cintai tidak No one he loves won’t come
akan datang ke acara wisudanya.) to his graduation ceremony.
Mereka digunakan untuk menyediakan informasi tambahan. Dibawah ini adalah contoh
informasi tambahan yang dimaksud:
Contoh:
The boy who is talking there is a candidate of the winner in this competition.
Atau memberikan sesuatu yang tidak dibutuhkan tetapi merupakan informasi yang
menarik).
Contoh:
Relative Pronouns
0 Zero
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
4 Four
5 Five
6 Six
7 Seven
8 Eight
9 Nine
10 Ten
11 Eleven
12 Twelve
13 Thirteen
14 Fourteen
15 Fifteen
16 Sixteen
ANGKA BAHASA INGGRIS
17 Seventeen
18 Eighteen
19 Nineteen
20 Twenty
21 twenty-one
22 twenty-two
23 twenty-three
24 twenty-four
25 twenty-five
26 twenty-six
27 twenty-seven
28 twenty-eight
29 twenty-nine
30 Thirty
31 thirty-one
32 thirty-two
33 thirty-three
34 thirty-four
ANGKA BAHASA INGGRIS
35 thirty-five
36 thirty-six
37 thirty-seven
38 thirty-eight
39 thirty-nine
40 Forty
41 forty-one
42 forty-two
43 forty-three
44 forty-four
45 forty-five
46 forty-six
47 forty-seven
48 forty-eight
49 forty-nine
50 Fifty
51 fifty-one
52 fifty-two
ANGKA BAHASA INGGRIS
53 fifty-three
54 fifty-four
55 fifty-five
56 fifty-six
57 fifty-seven
58 fifty-eight
59 fifty-nine
60 Sixty
61 sixty-one
62 sixty-two
63 sixty-three
64 sixty-four
65 sixty-five
66 sixty-six
67 sixty-seven
68 sixty-eight
69 sixty-nine
70 Seventy
ANGKA BAHASA INGGRIS
71 seventy-one
72 seventy-two
73 seventy-three
74 seventy-four
75 seventy-five
76 seventy-six
77 seventy-seven
78 seventy-eight
79 seventy-nine
80 Eighty
81 eighty-one
82 eighty-two
83 eighty-three
84 eighty-four
85 eighty-five
86 eighty-six
87 eighty-seven
88 eighty-eight
ANGKA BAHASA INGGRIS
89 eighty-nine
90 Ninety
91 ninety-one
92 ninety-two
93 ninety-three
94 ninety-four
95 ninety-five
96 ninety-six
97 ninety-seven
98 ninety-eight
99 ninety-nine
9th ninth. 19th nineteenth, 1.000th one thousandth, 10th tenth, 20th twentieth, 1.000.000th
one millionth
Catatan:
Cardinal numbers adalah angka yang mengatakan berapa banyak dari sesuatu yang
ada.
Contohnya:
1. Grafik adalah lukisan pasang surut atau naik turunnya suatu keadaan. Macamnya
ada grafik batang, grafik garis, grafik lingkaran.
4. Matriks adalah tabel yang disusun dalam lajur dan jajaran sehingga butirbutir
uraian yang diisikan dapat dibaca dari atas ke bawah atau dari kiri ke kanan.
Contoh Grafik
Graphs
• Jumlah blog yang semakin dipercaya sebagai sumber informasi sebesar 71%
• Masyarakat yang mendapatkan berita dan hiburan dari blog dibandingkan dari
media tradisional dalam 5 tahun ini sebesar 51%
• Blog yang memiliki keabsahan yang sama dengan media tradisional sebesar 49%
• Yang mendapatkan informasi dan berita lebih banyak dari blog dibandingkan dari
media artikel tradisional sebesar 37 %
• Yang beranggapan koran tidak akan bertahan dalam 10 tahun kedepan sebesar 21%
Berikut adalah daftar kata-kata baik kata benda, kata kerja atau kata sifat yang sering
digunakan dalam menjelaskan grafik.
Increase = naik atau kenaikan (kata kerja dan kata benda)
Decrease = turun (kata kerja dan kata benda)
Drop = jatuh, turun drastis (kata kerja dan kata benda)
Sharp = tajam (kata sifat)
Slight = sedikit (kata sifat)
Rocket = naik tajam
Go up = naik
Go down = turun
Perhatikan chart berikut:
A B C
Year
2011 420 260 300
2012 300 400 310
2013 200 600 315
In 2012, product A sales dropped from 420 to 300 but product B sales rose from 260 to
400. Sales of Product C also increased slightly from 300 to 310.
CHAPTER 6
Market Gardening
Directions Descriptions
Sow the seeds first in nursery beds. The seeds are first sown in nursery beds.
Disinfect the soil of the beds with boiling The soil of these beds is disinfected with
water. Mix the seeds with a little boiling water.
disinfected sand. Push the seeds into the
The seeds are mixed with a little
soil but not too deeply.
disinfected sand. They are pushed in the
Firm the soil well with the tamper. soil, but not too deeply.
1. Nursery beds.
2. Transplanting : The seedlings are lifted from the nursery beds about 3 weeks aner
sowing. They are transplanted at once. Rows are planted 30 cms apart with 30 cms
between the seedlings. The earth is well packed down around each plant. and watered.
3. Care of plants: In hot climates a shelter is made over the salad plant beds. The ground
between the plants is watered frequently. The weeds are removed by hoeing. Also. any
snails and celworms are removed. Diseased plants are taken out and burnt. Such plants
are replaced with fresh seedlings from the nursery beds.
4. Harvesting: Salad plants are harvested when the leaves are crisp and green. They are
picked in the morning or in the evening when the sun is not so hot. They are not picked
when they are wet in case they rot during transport. Plants that have bolted are ploughed
under after removing the seeds.
Growing Tomatoes
l. Tilling: Prepare a deep soil which is friable and well drained. Mix manure and
fertilizers into the soil. Apply potassic and phosphatic fertilizer.
2. Nursery bed: Sow seeds in nursery beds. Disinfect the soil of the nursery beds with
boiling water. Sow the seeds in rows leaving 10 cms between the rows. Do not push the
seeds into the soil. merely cover them with a little earth. Water twice a day. When the
seedlings begin to grow remove surplus seedlings and weeds.
3. Transplanting: Prepare the soil of the tomato beds several weeks before8
transplanting. Work manure into the soil. Put stakes in the beds. Plant the seedlings in
rows 50cms apart with 40cms between seedlings. Transplant tomato seedlings 5 to 6
weeks after sowing. Water the soil of the nursery beds, remove the seedlings without
damaging the roots. Transplant the seedlings at once. Dig a hole at the base of each
stake, lean the seedlings a little sideways, cover the roots with earth. Pack the earth
down well around each seedling, and water them.
4. Care of plants: Water the plants very often. Cover the soil between the plants with cut
herbage or leaves (mulching). When cultivating remove weeds. snails and insects. take
out and burn plants that are diseased or have been spoilt by insects. Prune plants once or
twice a month. Keep only one or two main stems with their leaves and flowers.
CHAPTER 7
1. Composting
A. Soil
The soil air is found in the pores between the aggregates of various
mineral particles; it is in these pores that water is also held and the roots
grow. Too many small pores will result in compact heavy wet soils and poor
root growth. Too many big pores result in loose soils which dry out very
quickly.
D. Water
Soil water is the source of water for the soil microbes and plants and
carries dissolved nutrients which can be absorbed by plants. Too little water
in the soil will cause plants to wilt and growth to stop. Too much water will
drive out the soil air and adversely affect root respiration and nutrient
uptake.
These wastes can come from many sources; crop residues, weeds, tree
litter, animal manures, human wastes, suitable wastes from various industrial
processes and sorted municipal wastes from towns and cities. Microbiology
4. Nutrients
B. Garden
Wastes from the garden include the remains of vegetable crops, dead
flowers, stems, stalks, thin prunings and dry bonfire ash. Most garden weeds
are of particular value; they are normally the only whole plants put into
compost heaps and contain a wide variety of trace elements.
C. Forests
E. Agro-industrial Wastes
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vs. Native Speaker Usage.”