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animals reared at home or in farms, have to be provided with proper food, shelter and care. When this is done on a large scale, it is called animal husbandry.

Farmers store grains in jute bags or metallic bins. However, large scale storage of grains is done in silos and granaries to protect them from pests like rats and insects.

Storage of produce is an important task. If the harvested grains are to be kept for longer time, they should be safe from moisture, insects, rats and microorganisms. Harvested grains have more moisture. If freshly harvested grains (seeds) are stored without drying, they may get spoilt or attacked by organisms, making them unfit for use …

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Harvest FestivalsAfter three or four months of hard work there comes the day of the harvest. The sight of golden fields of standing crop, laden with grain, fills the hearts of farmers with joy and a sense of well -being. The efforts of the past season haveborne fruit and it is time to relax and …

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Farmers with small holdings of land do the separation of grain and chaff by winnowing.

In the harvested crop, the grain seeds need to be separated from the chaff. This process is called threshing. This is carried out with the help of a machine called ‘combine’ which is in fact a harvester as well as a thresher

Harvesting in our country is either done manually by sickle or by a machine called harvester.

. The cutting of crop after it is mature is called harvesting.

Weeds are also controlled by using certain chemicals, called weedicides,like 2,4-D. These are sprayed in the fields to kill the weeds.

The removal of weeds is called weeding. Weeding is necessary since weeds compete with the crop plants for water, nutrients, space and light.