(2) It Increases Efficiency and Per Man Productivity: By 1965 Socialist Competition, increased electrification and more machinery were supposed to induce a 100% increase in the efficiency of agricultural labour in that country.” Over a period of three decades in U.S.A., a study revealed that one-third increase was due to the use of chemicals: another one third due to better varieties, and wealthier seeds, while another one-third was due to improved farm machinery.”Īccording to Roy D Laird, “A more recent and more spectacular development in mechanization of agriculture has been brought in the U.S.S.R., where four times the agricultural output became that of 1913 and grain production alone increased by 70 per cent by 1960. By this quickening of agricultural practices the human labour required is minimised. a labourer who formerly ploughed one acre of land with a pair of horses is now able to account for 12 acres a day with a gasoline-driven tractor. His output, there-fore, went up in the ratio of about 8: 1.”Īccording to B. Bomford, “The ploughman with his three-horse am controlled three- horse power, when given a medium-sized crawler tractor controlled between 20 to 30 horse power. Mechanization increases the rapidity and speed of work with which farming operations can be performed. Bhattacharjee, “Mechanization of agriculture and farming process connotes application of machine power to work on land, usually performed by bullocks, horses and other draught animals or by human labour.” It not only includes the use of machines, whether mobile or immobile, small or large, run by power and used for tillage operations, harvesting and thrashing but also includes power lifts for irrigation, trucks for haulage of farm produce, processing machines, dairy appliances for cream separating, butter making, oil pressing, cotton ginning, rice hulling, and even various electrical home appliances like radios, irons, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and hot plates.”Īccording to Dr. Aggarwal’s words, “Farm mechanization is a term used in a very broad’ sense. Benefits of Mechanization of Agriculture 3. Meaning of Mechanization of Agriculture 2. In this article we will discuss about:- 1.
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