NARAYANA VIDYALAYAM,CHANDRAPUR
SESSION 2020-21
CLASS -8 Crop Production and Management SUBJECT- SCIENCE
WORKSHEET -8
Harvesting and Threshing: The process of cutting and gathering mature crops from the field is called
harvesting . Harvesting is either done manually by a sickle or by a machine called harvester. The grains are
separated from chaff with the help of wind (winnowing) The whole process of separation of the grains from
the harvested crop is known as threshing.
Big farmers use huge machines known as combines which do both harvesting and threshing.
• Special festivals associated with the harvest seasons are: Pongal, Baishakhi, Holi, Diwali, Nabanya
and Bihu.
▸ Storage: Grains obtained by threshing are dried in the open. The dried grains are stored in gunny
bags, and placed in properly ventilated cemented halls, known as godowns. Farmers keep dried grains in jute
bags or metallic bins or mud bins. Large scale storage of grains is done in silos and granaries . For storing
large quantities of grains in big godowns, specific chemical treatments are used to protect them from pests
and microorganisms.
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Threshing Winnowing
It is the process of separating grain from hay. It is the process of separating chaff from grains
Hay is defined as cut and dried grass and other plants used as food for farm animals.
chaff is the inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
On basis of above information and the attach video answer the following .
[Link] tool is used manually for harvesting a crop?
[Link] will happen if grains are stored without drying?
[Link] is combination of two machines-
a) harvesting and threshing
b) threshing and winnowing
c) harvesting and storage
d) threshing and weeding
[Link] being one of the growing economics, our country still has a large section of population going
hungry and malnourished. Do you think an efficient crop production is the only solution for this? Discuss
what else can be done to root out hunger and malnutrition from our country?
5 What remedial method does your mother apply to store the grains for longer time?