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    GRADE 6

    SCIENCE
    CHAPTER 5 - AGRICULTURE

    SUMMARY

    Agriculture is the growing of crops and the keeping of animals.

    Importance of agriculture
     Provides employment
     Provides food
     Provides drugs

    Agricultural activities
     Weeding
     Rearing animals
     Feeding animals
     Ploughing
     Harvesting
     Pruning trees
     Watering crops and trees
     Spraying chemicals to crops
     Planting crops

    1
    Harvesting
    harvesting is the removing crops from the garden when they are ready
    to be used.

    Types of harvesting:
    1. Hand harvesting and
    2. machine harvesting

    Ways of harvesting crops:


     Picking leaves, fruits, flower
     Cutting stems
     Lifting or uprooting the underground parts
     Stripping

    Cereal crops:
     Maize
     Sorghum
     Wheat
     Rice

    Cereal pests:
     Caterpillars
     Black ants
     Fleas
     Houseflies

    2
    Vegetable crops
     Cabbage
     Carrots
     banana
     pineapple
     tomato
     corn

    Vegetable pests
     Aphids
     Nematodes
     Mites

    Ways of Controlling pests


     Crop rotation
     Weeding
     Raising the fertility of the soil
     Spraying crops

    herbicides are chemicals used for controlling weeds.

    Types of soil
     Sandy soil
     Loam soil
     Clay soil

    Fertile soil is a soil which contain all the major nutrients needed for
    plant growth.

    3
    Importance of land preparation
    Land preparation is important to ensure that the field is ready for
    planting, to destroy weeds and promote growth by increasing soil
    aeration and water infiltration.

    Tools used in land preparation


     A tractor
     A hoe
     A machete
     A drill
     Ox plows
     Wheelbarrow
     A shovel

    Why farmers use manure?


    Farmers use raw manure on their fields because It improves soil
    fertility, reduces soil erosion and leaching.

    Advantages of Manure
     Improves soil fertility.
     Cost-effective
     Reduces soil erosion and leaching.

    Why is it important to prepare the soil before sowing the


    seeds?
    It is important to prepare the soil for sowing seeds because loosening
    of soil allows the roots to penetrate deep into the soil. Also, loose soil
    has more air.

    4
    Row planting
    Row planting is the growing of crops in straight line.

    Advantage of row planting


     Good for crop production
     Easier to weed
     Plants look healthier

    What are weeds?


    Weeds are unwanted plants.

    Disadvantage of weeds
     Weeds lower the production of the crops.
     Weeds compete with crops for water, nutrients, space and
    light.

    Name three weeds that grow locally in farms?

     Curly dock
     Common mallow
     Bindweed
     Goose grass

    Methods of weed control


    1. Physical weed control
    2. Biological weed control
    3. Chemical weed control
    4. Cultural weed control

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