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How has farming changed the landscape?

How has farming changed the landscape?. Aim : To discover how our countryside has changed over the last 60 years. The way it used to be – 1940’s. Collect crops by hand. No machines in sight. The way it is now. The big hedge debate. Advantages Attractive scenery

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How has farming changed the landscape?

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  1. How has farming changed the landscape? Aim: To discover how our countryside has changed over the last 60 years.

  2. The way it used to be – 1940’s Collect crops by hand No machines in sight

  3. The way it is now

  4. The big hedge debate • Advantages • Attractive scenery • Roots hold soil together and reduce soil erosion • Provides a home for the birds and insects. • Provides a natural divide instead of putting up fences and walls.

  5. When they’re gone… • Soil erosion can take place. • This means that the soil is removed by the wind (blow away) or rain (washed away). • Without soil, we wouldn’t be alive as it is essential for growing our food.

  6. Farming changes the landscape • Connections book Page 36 • Study the two pictures l940’s/2000’s • Identify all the changes that have taken place and summarize them in a table • 1940’s 2000’s • Change from to • After the class have discussed this, explain the reasons for at least 5 of the changes

  7. Hedges ~ good or bad? • Connections book Page 37 • Study your diagram of the hedge • Labels that show good things colour GREEN • Labels that show bad things colour RED • Stick it into your book • Describe what is happening in photo D

  8. Terrible Bug flew into a barn A farmer was milking his cow. He was just starting to get a good rhythm going when a bug flew into the barn and started circling his head. Suddenly, the bug flew into the cow's ear. The farmer didn't think much about it, until the bug squirted out into his bucket. It went in one ear and out the udder.

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