Agriculture

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..... t far removed from the conditions of several thousands of years ago, in other areas with the aid of science and mechanization, as a highly commercial type of endeavour. According to Oxford lllustrated Encyclopedia of Invention and Technology, 'Agriculture' is cultivation of the soil, including the allied pursuits of gathering crops and rearing livestock. (at p.7). 'Fish farming' .....

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..... e the basic operations and would require the expenditure of human skill and labour upon the land itself. There are however other operations which have got to be resorted to by the agriculturist and which are absolutely necessary for the purpose of effectively raising the produce from the land. They are operations to be performed after the produce sprouts from the land..........The latter would all .....

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..... n activity has some connection with or is in some way dependent on land is not sufficient to bring it within the scope of the term and such extension of the term 'agriculture' is unwarranted. The term 'agriculture', cannot be dissociated from the primary significance thereof which is that of cultivation of the land and even though it can be extended both in regard to the process of .....

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