With all its many branches, agriculture is the world's most, important industry. It supplies the food we eat and many of the materials from which we make our clothing.
Farms are classified according to the type of farming that is done and kinds of crops and livestock that are raised. They may be classified in several different ways, such as general, specialized, intensive, and extensive farms.
General farming is a farm where a variety of things is raised. On such a farm there may be a herd of dairy cows whose milk the farmer sells. There may also be poultry to pro vide extra income and supply some of the family's needs.
There aft many factors that influence the types of crops and livestock that a farmer raised. The most important one is climate which includes temperature, length of growing season, sunshine, and rainfall, Another is the type of soil. The third is the amount of water available of irrigation. By concentrating on the particular crops or animals that fit best with this situation, the specialized farmer hopes to use his land in the most efficient and profitable way.
When a farmer devotes a great deal of labour to a piece of land, he is practicing intensive agriculture. If
he works in a large area of land with relatively little labour, he is practicing extensive agriculture. Intensive
agriculture usually goes together with small farms. A great deal of careful work is always involved in
intensive agriculture. Often this work must be done by hand. Extensive agriculture is usually practiced on large farms or ranches where most of the work is done by machinery.
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These words are related to farming, EXCEPT ...
E. livestock
E. extensive farming
E. irrigation
E. stock exchange
E. type of soil
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The practice of intensive and extensive agriculture is
the main idea of paragraph ...
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The text tells us about ...
a. intensive agriculture
b. extensive agriculture
c. types of farming
d. the important factors in farming
e. specialized farms
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"They may be classified in several different ways ."
(Paragraph 3).
The underlined word refers to ...
. crops
. plants
. farms
. cows
. animals
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