Experimental and Training Farm

Our Academy has one experimental and training farm Lipovaya Gora. It was organized in 1923. The farm is the main production, training and scientific basis of the Academy. Here students get and master their practical skills. They get acquainted with plants, animals, farm machines and implements, organization methods of farming.

Scientists and students of the Academy also carry out research and experimental work; they test their ideas and theories here. They introduce advanced methods and intensive technology. The total agricultural area of the farm is 5 000 hectares, the area of the plow land is 2 700 hectares. The farm grows potatoes, wheat, rye, and oats. It provides our region with high quality and elite seed of these crops. The yields of grain crops are 70 centers per hectare, potatoes 350 centers per hectare. The farm breeds pedigree cattle of Tagil breed. The milk yields are about 5 000 kilograms per year. The farm has some subdivisions: experimental field, training ground, meteorological station, gardens, garage, granary, drying complex. The farm provides our Academy with milk, meat, vegetables.

1. Remember the words and word-combinations:

training farm - учебное хозяйство

skill - умение, сноровка

get acquainted - знакомиться

implement - инвентарь

farming - ведение сельского хозяйства

introduce - внедрять

advanced - передовой

breed - разводить, порода

pedigree - племенной

yield - урожай, надой

provide - снабжать, обеспечивать

crop - с/х культура

grain - зерно

2. Complete the following sentences:

1. Perm Agricultural Academy has one …

2. Students get and master …

3. They get acquainted …

4. Scientists and students carry out … and test …

5. The farm provides our region …

3. Sum up about:

· Your study at the Perm State Agricultural Academy

· The history of Perm Agricultural Academy.

· Experimental and training farm Lipovaya Gora.

· Some of the reasons to apply to Perm Agricultural Academy

Test yourself.

1. The Perm State Agricultural Academy is named after …

a) Bykov F.A. b) Pryanishnikov D.N. c) Tymyryasev K.A.

2. He was a famous…

a) agronomist b) farm engineer c) agrochemist

3. The Academy was founded in …

a) 1890 b) 1918 c) 1946

4. At that time it had only … faculty.

a) agronomy b) forestry c) zoo veterinary

5. In 1996 it got the status of State …

a) Institute b) College c) Academy

6.Experimental and Training FarmLipovaya Gora was organized in …

a) 1918 b) 1923 c) 1996

7. The farm Lipovaya Gora provides our region with …

a) flowers b) elite seed of the crops c) exotic fruits

8. The academic year in our academy is divided into … terms.

a) two b) four c) six