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Чернігів, 2011
  Методичний посібник призначений для студентів II курсу спеціальності «Агрономія». Посібник охоплює збалансоване висвітлення тем, що корелюють з сільськогосподарською діяльністю

For self-studying
I. Tests 28 II. Texts 34 Insects and Insecticides 34 Care of Sow and Pigs 36 Grains and Grain By-Products 37 Wheat 38 Vegetable Gard

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE
Agriculture is an important economic activity. It includes growingcrops and rearing animals. Agriculture produces a wide range ofproducts for manufacturing industries as

Vocabulary
pollution – забруднення the Earth’s surface – поверхня Землі interrelated – взаємопов’

F) requirement
    1) the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants 2) the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growi

Agricultural systems
In the economically developed world, most all farming is commercial. Farmers produce crops and livestock products for sale to make a profit. In the economically developing w

Vocabulary
Livestock – домашня худоба Self-sufficient – самодостатній Subsistence agriculture

FOCUS ON WORD FORMATION
5. Complete the table: noun adjective verb   development     irrigation

Can you re-group the following words according to families of meaning?
Vegetables, Livestock, Poultry, Grains Rabbit, wheat, sheep, tomato, hen, cow, cucumber, cabbage, rye, chicken, pig, barley, millet, turkey, sorghum, carrot, oat, potato, goose, hor

DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE
1. Read the text and decide which paragraphs are about these subjects: · the green revolution · agribusiness · crops for the future · nomadi

Vocabulary
Edible - їстівний Nomadic – кочовий Domesticate - приручати

Catfish – сом
Trout - форель Salmon - лосось Oysters and shellfish – устриці та молюски Foresee - пе

The Clovers
The cereals belong to the grass family of plants. The grasses have fibrous 1._____, hollow, jointed 2.______ and narrow, long leaves. The legumes of the field and garden have long tap-roots,

Garden Tools
A hand trowel (use) for planting, scooping soil, and remove weeds. We (use)shovelsto dig, mix and lift soil. Hoe(be necessary) t

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE
Over the last thirty years agricultural change in the economically developing world has been closely related to population growth. There has been an urgent needto

Vocabulary
Population growth - ріст населення Urgent need – нагальна потреба High-tech solutions –

Translation. Render it in Ukrainian.
1. Farmers use natural resources, such as soil and water, to produce a variety of foods and other agricultural resources. 2. Commercial farmers raise crops or livestock for income. Most co

Vocabulary Review
3. Fill in the gaps. Choose the lexical units from the list below: a. conflicts; b. fertilizer; c. green revolution; d. irrigation; e. "miracle seeds"; f. priorities; g.

Unit 5.
PLANTATION AGRICULTURE Plantation agriculture is an extensive system of agriculture, in the sense that very large amounts

Vocabulary
extensive system – екстенсивна система indigenous – природній, властивий herbicides –

Fill in the missing words in the table
General noun Verb Personal noun Agriculture    

Use the correct verb form.
Manager’s first job (be) to establish goals for the business. In the case of a hired manager, the business owner (establish) and (communicate) them to the manager. Without goals there (be) no way t

Diseases of Carrots in Relation to Diseases of Other Crops
In order to rotate crops to advantage as a disease control measure, the interrelations of the major diseases of carrots and other crops must be understood. So far as is known, bacterial blight of c

Unit 6.
PLANTS FOR THE FUTURE The world is entering the age of biotechnology, where scientists can alter the genes that carry the biological codes controlling

Vocabulary
heredity – спадковість resistance to disease – опір хворобі ventures – ризикований зах

To make or become better in quality.
7)the ability not to be affected by something 3. Translate the following words and phrases into English: змінювати ге

Answer the questions about given fruits and vegetables given below: banana, onion, lettuce, apple, carrot, pea, tomato, celery
What fruits and vegetables are red in color? What of the chosen is hard and soft? What fruits and vegetables are round? Which of them has strong odour when cut open? What is white and what

Discussion
1. What are genetically-modified foods? 2. What are some of the advantages of GM foods? · pest resistance · herbicide tolerance · disease resistance

Unit 7.
CHEMICALS IN OUR FOOD - TWO SIDES OF AN ARGUMENT Much of the food that leaves a farmer's field undergoes several processing steps before it rea

Vocabulary
Undergo – перенести Ground – перемелений Flour – мука Pepper –

According to the text are the following statements true or false?
1. Nowadays all food additives come from nature. 2. Chemicals cannot make any harm to our bodies. 3. Every living and non-living thing is made up of chemicals or combinations of t

Vocabulary
Abundance – велика кількість Invisible threat –невидима загроза Haphazard – випадковий

E) repel
1) a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used 2) drive or force (an attack or attacker) back or away

Use the correct verb form.
Ukraine (be) famous for its vast plains called steeps. The plains (cover) with fertile black soil, which has made Ukraine one of the world’s leading farming regions. During the Soviet rule, farmers

Changes in livestock farming of Great Britain
Livestock production has seen dramatic changes ___ the post-war years. Dairy farming is a good example to illustrate the nature ____ these changes. Between 1960 and 1980 the milk yields of cows inc

Find the missing words to fill the gaps in these sentences: crops, cows, harvest, labor force, picked up, pesticides, meadows.
Less than 2% of the British ____ is employed on farms. In the autumn, at _____ time, the ______ in the fields have to be gathered in and the fruit in the orchards has to be ______. In the Alps, ___

Kinds of Plants
1.________know that there are more than 335,000 different 2. _______ of plants. Actually, if we travelled all over the 3_______ we could see more different kinds of plants than these, but some of t

The Appearance of Plants
Plants can be almost any colour 1._______.They may be 2._____, or so small that you cannot see them with the 3._______ eye. A giant 4._______is just as much a plant as a 5._____tree, 6.______plant,

INSECTS AND INSECTICIDES
The effective control of injurious insects demands a knowledge of the habit of the insects themselves, so that they may be attacked at the most vulnerable points. Insects differ greatly in

Age to Wean Pigs
Producers differ in opinion on the age at which pigs should be weaned. Pigs are weaned at all ages ranging from 5 to 12 weeks. If two litters are to be raised each year, the pigs should be weaned a

Good Pasture
Good pasture should be a part of every summer ration. Alfalfa, clover, rape, sweetclover, bluegrass, and many other crops are recommended for hog pastures. Any of these are excellent during the per

Sanitation
Sanitation in hog production requires the adoption of methods that prevent disease and conserve health. It is really a part of herd maintenance and must be combined with the necessary veterinary se

Grains and Grain By-Products
This classification includes such feeds as wheat bran, shorts, cow-peas. Of these feeds the most commonly used for calves are bran and shorts or middlings. They are considerably lower in protein th

Vegetable Gardening
It may be stated in general terms that vegetables contain about 75 to 90 percent water, 5 to 15 percent carbohydrates, 1 to 2 percent protein, 0.7 to 1.0 percent ash, and a small amount of fats. Th

Potato Growing
The potatois a cool-climate plant, and a moderate temperature is necessary for its best growth. Therefore, early-spring planting usually assures that the crop will be well establis

Insect Enemies of Potatoes
There are many insects which are extremely destructive to potatoes; wire-worms, potato tuber moth, eastern potato leafhopper, eastern potato flea beetle, tuber flea beetle and the true potato aphid

Virus Diseases
The exact nature of the causes of these diseases is not known. However, evidence indicates that they are caused by the so-called filterable viruses. A filterable virus capable of p

Fruits and Berries
Strawberries, plums, currants and gooseberries can be grown in all parts of our country. Red and black raspberries, though equall

Advantages of Red Clover
Red clover has several advantages: the roots of red clover feed deeper than the grasses and hence tend to rest the surface soil; the deep tap-roots of red clover open up the soil and subsoil, and t

White Clover
White clover is the most important pasture legume. It is perennial and grows best in moist, well-drained black loam series of limestone formation. White clover pro

Sweet Clover
Sweet clover, at one time considered a noxious weed, is rapidly coming into common use for the following advantages that it possesses: 1) It will grow in almost any type o

Alfalfa
Alfalfa is the equal or superior of any other plants as a soil build-Alfalfa is a legume, and the legumes have the capacity through the bacteria, that cause nodules on the roots to fix the nitrogen