Pull- (a)tow; (b)lay; (c)drag

(B) Exercise 5 Translate the infinitive constructions.

Different machinery to plow, many kinds of plows to improve the physical conditions of the soil, harrows to stir the soil, cultivation machinery to consolidate the soil, spreaders to apply manure, sprayers to apply fertilizers in liquid form, mowers to make hay, beet harvesters to harvest beets, tractors to pull many kinds of implements, wheeled tractors to do general farm work

(B) Exercise 6. Give the Russian equivalents to the following expressions.

Убирать урожай без потерь; преобразовывать силу в работу; проникать очень глубоко; проход техники; специальные условия; кормовые культуры; приспособления для посадки; иметь преимущество; почвы, страдающие от недостатка питательных веществ.

(B) Exercise 7.Match the words to create collocations from the text. Translate the Russian words into English and the whole word combinations into Russian.

(B) Exercise 8. Insert the appropriate prepositions from the list below and translate the sentences into your native language.

1. Wheeled tractors are used __ general farm work.

2. Crawlers have the great advantage that they can be available__ heavy loads ___any class of land.

3. Agricultural implements and machines may be divided __4 main groups.

4. Applying fertilizers is necessary where soils are deficient__ plant food elements.

5. Cultivation machinery is used to break __ the soil before or after a crop is sown.

(B)Exercise 9. Complete the sentences with the words given in the box.

1. Today a wide _______of machinery can be used on a farm.

2. Agricultural _______ and machines can be divided into four main groups.

3. A _______ is an implement used to level the ground and crush the clods.

4. There are several types of cultivators _______ for special crops and conditions.

5. Planting equipment is any _______device introduced to place seeds or plant parts.

6. _______ are harvested by different kinds of harvesting equipment.

(C)Exercise 10. Translate into Russian paying attention to the underlined words.

1) The secondary tillage equipment used by the farmer includes harrows, rollers etc.

2) We used cultivation machinery to break down the soil before a crop is sown.

3) The device is to place seeds in the soil.

4) Agricultural implements and machines occupy an important place on the modern farm.

5) My friend works at the Minsk tractor works.

6) The layers of soil have become compacted.

7) Heavy machinery compacted the soil greatly.

(C) Exercise 11. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.