Agricultural Machinery

A self-propelled power unit having wheels or tracks intended for drawing, towing or pulling something which cannot propel itself and, often, powering it too.

• A tractor

• A combine

• A plough

• A harrow

Tractors are classified according to ...

• the number of wheels

• the maximum power of engine

• the height

• the weight

The tractor power is produced by the radiator.

• true

• false

Put the words into the correct order to make the sentences:

A tractor, a self-propelled, is, unit, power

TNearly all farm tractors are fitted with _______________ engines.

The main components of a tractor are ... .

• engine, plough, and harrow

• belt, weels, and transmission

• engine, track, and transmission

• engine, clutch, and transmission

... are used for seedbed preparation, often after ploughing

• Ploughs

• Harrows

• Cultivators

• Tractors

The tines may work to a depth of about ... .

• 5 cm

• 10 cm

• 15 cm

• 20 cm

What is used for heavier work?

• Spring tines

• Rigid tines

• The frame

• Shares

A cultivator usually mounts on the tractor.

• True

• False