Introduction to major field crops (1+1)

Land Preparation

The land has to be ploughed thoroughly with the help of mould board plough. Ploughing is followed by puddling which is nothing but churning of soil in presence of excess or standing water. Puddling reduces percolation loss of water. Puddling is done by using puddler drawn either by bullocks or power tiller or tractor. Puddling is followed by leveling operation by using leveler. Leveling helps for maintaining uniform standing of water in the plot.

Fig: Land preparation.