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Kerala PSC General Science Book Study Materials Page 465
Book's First PagePlantation agriculture: A plantation is a large and techniques be efficient. Tea, coffee, and piece of land with an estate (typically in sub- rubber are all commonly-grown on plantation tropical or tropical countries) where crops are farms. Teak wood, bamboo, and timber are cultivated and then sold internationally as also occasionally farmed using this method. opposed to locally. Crop Rotation Ley Farming This system is a type of subsistence farming. This type of farming is used to restore soil Usually, there are one or more farmers fertility in India’s drylands. A plot of land is responsible for the labour and the produce is used for grain or other crops and when the soil for their own consumption. A crop rotation starts to degrade, the land is left uncultivated. schedule includes different varieties of crops It is used to grow hay or as a pasture for such as wheat, barley, mustard, or millet being grazing animals. After a number of years, it grown during alternating seasons. The benefits can be used for crops again as the nutrients are are that weeds, pests, and diseases are restored by ploughing. Land erosion during the controlled, while soil fertility is maintained. ley period is also prevented by the roots of the grass. Main Crops for Rotations Plantation Farming One yearly : paddy and wheat As mentioned before, this is the large-scale Two yearly : maize and cotton cultivation of one crop on an estate or vast property. This system is designed to make a Three yearly : Tomato and Lady’s finger profit and as such requires that all technology Four yearly : Cotton and wheat ANIMAL HUSBANDRY It is the study of various breeds of domesticated animals and their management for obtaining better products and services from them. The term husbandry derives from the word “husband” which means ‘one who takes care’. When it incorporates the study of proper utilisation of economically important domestic animals, it is called Livestock Management. Different Categories of Animals Importance of domestic animals 1. Wild –Those that breed better where they On the basis of utility, domestic animals are are free than they do when they are categorised into the following functional captivated. They have no common use for groups : humans. Example Lion, Tiger, Rhinoceres, Deer etc. 1. Milk giving animals : Cattle, buffalo, 2. Tamed – Those, which are caught from goat, sheep etc. the wild and trained to be useful to 2. Draught animals : camel, elephant, yak humans in some way. Elephant, etc. Chimpanzee, Gorilla, Yak etc. 3. Fibre, hide and skin yielding : Sheep, 3. Domesticated – Those that are of use at goat, cattle, buffalo, camel etc. home and are easily bred and looked after 4. Meat and egg yielding animals : Fowl by humans. Common domesticated (hen) and duck, goat, buffalo, pig etc. animals are dog, horse, cow, sheep, buffalo, fowl etc. 464