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Cranborne Visit

POUND FARM IN CRANBORNE
 
This week some of us visited Pound Farm and found out all about the way a modern farm works. Here are some of the machines that are used;
 
TRACTOR
 
This machine goes around in the fields pulling the trailers or machinery.
TRAILER
 
This is attached to the tractor and carries people or machinery.
CHAINSAW
 
This tool cuts down the trees that the Farmer chooses, a “v” shape is cut into the trunk to make it fall in the right direction.
COMBINE HARVESTER
 
This machine cuts the grain crops level at harvest time. This invention saves a lot of manual work on the farm.
 
SEED DRILL
 
This is a machine which plants the seeds into the ground and covers them with soil to save it being done by hand which would take a lot of time and effort. The birds can’t eat the seeds as they are under the soil.
 
MUCK SPREADER
 
This helps the farmer to fertilize his crops by spreading them with manure.
 
I had a great day and it was very interesting to see how a local, modern farm works.
 
By Joseph, 3Sc