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Starting Cultivation of Land on a Farm The homesteading movement of the 1960's started gaining popularity again in the early 2000's. Even if being a full-time farmer isn't for you, running a small farm is a great way to provide the best vegetables for your family. If you've recently purchased land, or decided to use the land you already own to start your own small farm, the next step is to get it ready for said farming. Cultivation of land involves preparing the soil for crops or animals. This can seem overwhelming if you have never done it before, but we've laid out the simplest steps to get you started. You may need to seek more details on individual steps, but this will give you an overview of the basics for land cultivation on a farm. Start With Your Soil Before you start plowing up sod, it’s important to know what kind of soil you are working with. You'll want to start by  testing your soi l . This enables you to  improve  it

What is Lactometer Lactometer, a cylindrical vessel made by blowing a glass tube. One side of glass tube looks like a bulb with filled by mercury and another site is thin tube with scaled. For milk testing lactometer dipped in milk which we are testing. In lactometer the point up to which it sinks in the pure milk is marked after that put in water and marked at the point up to which it sinks in water. It sinks less in milk then water because as we know milk is denser then water. At lactometer there are to portions i.e. ‘M ‘and ‘W’ which is divided in three parts and marked as 3, 2 and 1. That indicates the level of the purity in Milk. Here below some steps mentioned for milk testing – # Step 1-  Whenever you want to test the milk purity , you just put the instrument or lactometer in milk. # Step 2-  If it sinks up to the mark ‘M’ which mentioned at lactometer that means milk is pure or if not that means milk is impure. # Step 3-  If the milk is mixed in water then it woul

How to Calculate Cattle Weight Unless you are a commercial livestock farmer, you probably do not own a livestock scale. Figuring out how to weigh a cow, bull or calf is easy if you can measure the animal body length and girth. Use this guide to determine the weight of your dairy cow or beef cattle: Measure the circumference of the animal, as shown in "distance C" in the illustration. Make sure to measure girth in relation to the location of the animal's heart. Measure the length of the animal's body, as shown in distance A-B in the illustration. Using the measurements from steps 1 and 2, calculate body weight using the formula HEART GIRTH x HEART GIRTH x BODY LENGTH / 300 = ANIMAL WEIGHT IN POUNDS. For example, if a beef cow has a heart girth equal to 70 inches and a body length equal to 78 inches, the calculation would be (70 x 70 x 78) / 300 = 1,274 lb

Irrigation techniques Irrigation has been around for as long as humans have been cultivating plants. Man's first invention after he learned how to grow plants from seeds was probably a bucket. Ancient people must have been strong from having to haul buckets full of water to pour on their first plants. Pouring water on fields is still a common irrigation method today -- but other, more efficient and mechanized methods are also used. Flood (furrow) irrigation: Early man would have used this "low-tech" method of irrigating crops -- collect water in a bucket and  pour it onto the fields . Today, this is still one of the most popular methods of crop irrigation. The system is called flood irrigation -- water is pumped or brought to the fields and is allowed to flow along the ground among the crops. This method is simple and cheap, and is widely used by societies in less developed parts of the world as well as in the U.S. A large part, about 39 percent, of all the fres

roper care of crops during growth is important 1 in Share Email SHAREBAR Submitted by  theorganicfarmer  on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 15:35 To get a good harvest, farmers have to exercise high standards of crop management and adopt sustainable farming practices that minimize crop pests and diseases and maintain soil fertility. It is important to plan ahead and get equipped with the right information. This will prevent and tackle challenges associated with weeds, soil nutrient degradation and pests and diseases; sustainable practices that can be used to manage your crops: Pests and disease management Pests and diseases are responsible for between 20 to 80 per cent of crop losses but sustainable pest and disease management practices can minimize their negative health and environmental effects. Below are some useful tips for farmers: 1. You should monitor and examine your crops closely to accurately diagnose and understand the nature and sourc

Pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides, oh my! What is the deal with all of these? These are the -ides (or -cides?) of March planting, but they’re really not as complicated as they sound. Today, we’re going to take you through each of these commonly used gardening terms and what they mean. Soon, you’ll be able to show off your planting vocabulary with the best of them—and grow a lovely, pest-free  garden  to boot. Pesticides First, let’s talk about pesticides. Basically, the word pesticide means any substance we use on our plants to ward off, you guessed it, pests. Pests come in many forms: fiendish fungi that attack your plants roots, leaves and stems, insidious bacteria that sneak into your plants’ tissues, creepy crawlies like slugs and weevils or flying foes like fungus gnats and beetles that want to make a meal of your marigolds, or gallivanting weeds intent on stealing the spotlight from your salvia. A pesticide can be any chemical that is used to wipe out o

Gently add pressure as you push the thermometer through the anus and into the rectum. Leave about 1” of the thermometer outside the rectum (a piece of string at the top end of the thermometer is helpful). A  calf's temperature  should be 101.5° F, with a range of 101°F to 102°F. How to Monitor Breathing, Animal Blood Pressure, and Temperature Taking your livestock animal's temperature, pulse rate and respiration readings can help you to gauge an animal’s overall health. In general, abnormal animal blood pressure, pulse rate in animals and other abnormal vital signs could indicate a larger problem. Monitoring your animals' vital signs can help you identify potential issues early so you can contact your veterinarian for further diagnosis. How to Take an Animal's Temperature To determine whether your animal's body temperature is normal, follow these steps to take a temperature reading. Use an