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Read the story titled “WISE FARMER” and tick the correct option to complete the story. A farmer was sad/happy to see his healthy wheat crop ready for harvest. - Science

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Read the story titled “WISE FARMER” and tick the correct option to complete the story.

A farmer was sad/happy to see his healthy wheat crop ready for harvest. He harvested the crops and left it under the sun/rain to dry the stalks. To separate the seeds from the bundles of the stalk he hand picked/threshed them. After gathering the seed grains he wanted to separate the stones and husk from it. His wife winnowed/threshed them to separate the husk and later sieved/hand picked to remove stones from it. She ground the wheat grains and sieved/filtered the flour. The wise farmer and his wife got a good price for the flour. Can you tell why? 

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A farmer was happy to see his healthy wheat crop ready for harvest. He harvested the crops and left it under the sun to dry the stalks. To separate the seeds from the bundles of the stalk he threshed them. After gathering the seed grains he wanted to separate the stones and husk from it. His wife winnowed them to separate the husk and later hand-picked to remove stones from it. She ground the wheat grains and sieved the flour. The wise farmer and his wife got a good price for the flour.

Because they employed acceptable procedures to obtain good quality flour, the farmer and his wife were able to sell the flour for a good price

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Chapter 5: Separation of Substances - Long Answer Questions [Page 31]

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NCERT Exemplar Science [English] Class 6
Chapter 5 Separation of Substances
Long Answer Questions | Q 18. | Page 31
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