W r i te a parag r a p h i n yo u r ow n w o r ds on eac h of the fol -

l ow i n g .

( a ) P re par ati on of soi l ( b ) So wi n g

( c ) W eed i ng ( d ) Thr e shi n g

A n swer :

( a ) Pr e para toi n o f soil :

It i s th e fi r st me th o d to be fol l owed befor e g ro w i n g a c r op .

Thi s m eth o d i s usu a l l y em pl oye d fo r l oo seni ng th e so i l to
a l l o w t h e ro ot to pe ne t r at e d e e p i n to i t . Th e l oosen n i g o f th e
so il h e l ps i n the gr owth of se v e r a l soi l m ic ro be s , e ar thw o rm s
e tc . , whi ch e n r i c h th e so i l w i th hu m u s a n d o ther e ssen t i al
nu tr ei n ts . P l a nts r e qu i re n u tr i e n t s f or th e i r pr op er g r o wth
an d fun c ti o n i ng . The p r o c ess o f l oo se ni n g is c al l e d ti l l ni g o r
pl oughing the so i l . T i l l in g o f so i l bri n gs th e n u tri e n t -ri ch so i l
to the to p . Thi s he l ps th e pl a n t s t o u t i l i z e the nut rie nts for
thei r g rowt h .

(b )So w i n g :

Sow ni g i s an o t he r i mporta n t st ep in c r op pr odu c t i on . It i s th e

p r oce ss o f pl a c i ng th e see d i n o r o n the soi l for fu tu r e
g ro w t h . The see d s th a t a r e sel e c ted for gro w ing sh o u l d
be o f g ood qual i t y . Thsi wi l l i mp r ove t h e n e t yie l d of the
c r o p . S o w i ng i s usu al l y d o n e w i t h the h e l p of e i th er a
trad i ti on a l to o l o r a se e d d r i l l . T he trad ti i o n al too l i s
sha p ed l i k e a fu n n el . It was u se d earl i er fo r sow i n g se ed s .
N o wa days , seed d r i ll s th a t make t h e use of tr a c t o rs ar e
used f or sowi ng se eds . Thi s t ool d i sp e r se s seeds u n fi or m l y
a nd so ws se e ds at pr op e r d e p th . So win g by this m e t hod
sav es ti me an d al so pro tec t s the see d s f ro m bi r d s .