24 Questions
What is the primary purpose of mechanization in farming?
To replace human or animal labor
What is an advantage of farm mechanization?
It saves time and labor
What is a disadvantage of farm mechanization?
Machinery can be expensive to purchase or hire
What is an example of a soil cultivation implement?
Tiller
What is the level of mechanization when mechanical power used is 67 to 100%?
High level mechanization
What is the purpose of planting machines?
To plant saplings and seeds
What is a negative impact of heavy farm machines on soil?
It causes soil compaction
What is a reason why farmers may choose to cooperate with each other?
To share the cost of machinery
What is the primary function of a plough?
To cultivate the soil and prepare it for sowing
What is the main purpose of a subsoiler?
To break up and loosen the soil during deep tillage
Which equipment is used for watering crops on large farms?
Irrigation machinery
What is the primary function of a cultivator?
To carry out secondary tillage on a field
What is the purpose of a cultipacker?
To crush soil clods and eliminate cracks
What is the primary function of a harrow?
To smooth out and break up the surface of the soil
What is a common use of a tractor?
To till the soil
Which equipment is used for collecting crops?
Combine harvester
What is the purpose of a seed drill?
To plant seeds at equal distance and at the proper depth
What is the function of a combiner harvester?
To harvest a variety of grain crops in a single process
What is the purpose of a milking machine?
To harvest milk automatically
What is the purpose of a sprayer?
To spray liquid on a crop farm or on animals
What is the purpose of an incubator?
To keep fertile eggs warm for 21-days of incubation
What is the purpose of pruning shears?
To cut branches of trees and plant stems
What is the purpose of a feed miller/grinder?
To reduce maize, wheat, barley, etc. to coarse meal
What is the purpose of a milk cooler?
To cool down milk to below 4°C
Study Notes
Mechanized Farming
- Mechanization in farming involves the use of machinery to replace human or animal labor for agricultural land development, crop production, harvesting, storage, animal rearing, and product processing.
Advantages of Farm Mechanization
- Saves time
- Reduces the difficulty in farming
- Saves labor
- Reduces farm health hazards
- Encourages large-scale farming
- Increases on-farm output and income
- Encourages cooperation among farmers
Disadvantages of Farm Mechanization
- Machinery can be expensive to purchase or hire
- Machinery driven by fossil fuels cause environmental pollution
- Trafficking by heavy farm machines causes soil compaction and poor root growth
- May hamper social capitals of farmers
- Reduces manual farm work available for workers
- Requires continuous supplies of energy from fuel and electricity
Levels of Mechanization
- Low-level mechanization: manual power exceeds 33%
- Fair-level mechanization: animal power used is 34 to 66%
- High-level mechanization: mechanical power used is 67 to 100%
Types of Farm Tools and Equipment
- Soil cultivation implements (e.g., tillers, disk harrows, moldboard ploughs)
- Planting machines (e.g., Seeder)
- Harvesting equipment (e.g., combine harvester, diggers, pickers)
- Irrigation machinery (e.g., central pivot irrigation systems, pump units)
- Feed processing equipment (e.g., weighing scale, shovel, wheelbarrow, baler, chopper, millers or grinders, mixers)
- Dairy machinery (e.g., buckets, Milk containers, Automatic milking machines, Coolers, pasteurizers, Homogenizer, cream separator, batch mixers, continuous freezers, butter churner, cheese molder)
Uses of Farm Tools and Equipment
- Tractor: used for planting, tilling, spreading fertilizer, etc.
- Plough: cultivates soil and prepares it for sowing
- Subsoiler: breaks up and loosens soil during deep tillage
- Cultivator: used for secondary tillage, removing weeds, and pulverizing soil
- Cultipacker: crushes soil clods, eliminates cracks, and forms a smooth seedbed
- Harrow: smooths out and breaks up soil surface
- Seed drill: plants seeds at equal distance and proper depth
- Sprinkler: irrigates a field of crops
- Combine harvester: harvests grain crops efficiently
- Straw collector: collects straw or hay into stacks
- Feed miller/grinder: reduces grains to coarse meal for animal feeding
- Milking machine: harvests milk automatically
- Milk cooler: cools milk to below 4°C within 2 hours of milking
- Incubator: keeps fertile eggs warm for 21 days of incubation
- Sprayer: sprays liquid insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, water, etc.
- Pruning shears: cuts branches of trees and plant stems
This quiz covers the introduction to mechanized farming, including the use of machinery to replace human or animal labor and its application in agricultural land development, crop production, and more.
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