FARM MACHINERY CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE

FARM MACHINERY CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT T EST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE Briefly describe th e main purpose and List the uses of the following farm machines 1. Comb ine harvester, ANSWER A complex farm machine that both cuts and threshes grains and certain other crops. Use Harvesting, threshing, separating, cleaning and collecting grain while moving through the standing crop 2. Moldboard Plow ANSWER It is tractor operated implement and it consists of share point, share, moldboard , landside, and frog, shank, frame and hitch system. Uses i. Breaks up deep prairie soils for agricultural production and launched the beginning of the John Deere company. ii. This is used for primary tillage operations. iii. It cuts trash and buries it completely. iv. It is also used for turning green manure crop for decaying under the soil, which adds humus to the soil. v. It is also used for turning and mixing compost, farmyard manure or lime into the soil. 3. Cotton Gin ANSWER a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation Use separates the seeds from fibers 4. Corn Picker ANSWER A corn picke r is an agricultural machine used to harvest corn leaving the whole ear intact rather than shelling the kernels off like a conventional combine. Use i. Removes ears of corn from the stalks ii. Stripes the stalks about one foot from the ground shooting the stalks through the header to the ground