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Application : This system is basically used Sickles :
in the desert region where the water crop.
availability is scarce and rainfall is also

uneven.
(ii) Drip system :

Design : It also consists of a main pipe
attached to several lateral pipes. The
difference is in the location of nozzles on Sickles
the lateral pipes, in the case of drip system By hands directly :
the nozzles are located near the roots of are plucked by hands.
plants.

Working : Water is drawn by a pump to the
main pipe.

Then to the lateral pipes.

Harvesting by hand
(b) Harvesting through machines : Harvesting
From the lateral pipes water is allowed to becomes fast and easy by using specially
fall drop-by-drop very close to the roots of
manufactured agricultural equipments and
the plants.
machines.
By tractor :
attached to the tractor and then crops

like wheat, paddy can be harvested
easily.

Drip system

Application : Useful for watering fruit, trees
and gardens.

5. Harvesting : The process of cutting down of
mature crops is called harvesting Tractor Harvestor

Methods of harvesting : Threshing and winnowing : After cutting down
(a) Manual harvesting : Harvesting can be of crops, the next step of harvesting includes
done manually by using : separation of grains from the crops. It can be

Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the gain is used for food. Stem of the crops
together with chaff is called fodder. Fodder forms the cattle feed.

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