9th Class Social Science Peasants and Farmers Question Bank Short Answer Type - Peasants and Farmers

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    Why were turnips and clover grown by farmers in their farms?

    Answer:

    (i) Farmers discovered that planting these crops improved the fertility the soil.
    (ii) Turnip was good fodder crop relished by cattle.
    (iii) Farmers began cultivating these crops regularly and made them of the cropping system.
    (iv) Later, findings showed that these crops had the capacity to increase the nitrogen content of the soil. Nitrogen is important for crop growth and the land's fertility is renewed.


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