The Place Where the Manure Pile Was Stored Last Year,a

question 11

Multiple Choice

The place where the manure pile was stored last year,a narrow strip that used to be a limestone gravel farm road,and the spot where fertilizer is usually transferred from a nurse truck to the tractor spreader are all examples of parts of a 25 hectare field that should be treated as follows when sampling soil for the soil test lab.

• A)included,like all other areas,in the sample sent in for analysis
• B)carefully avoided while sampling
• C)more intensively sampled (more cores per hectare)than other areas
• D)sampled more deeply than other areas
• E)sampled and sent in separately

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