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British Agriculture
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The prevailing natural conditions in Britain favour livestock-farming more than crop growing. The typically maritime climate does not allow wheat to be grown everywhere. In parts of Britain lying over 600 metres above sea level and in western England wheat fails to ripen because of excess humidity. On the other hand, natural meadows stay green all the year round throughout Britain.
Britain's agricultural system is dominated by big landowners and some big industrialists and merchants who own the bulk of the agricultural land part of which is used as hunting grounds, spoils grounds and parks. As a rule the landowners do not carry on farming themselves preferring to leave it to tenant farmers. The tenant farmers make up the bulk of the total agricultural producers. They also own the greater part of the livestock. Livestock farming is the leading sector of British agriculture (cattle- breeding, sheep breeding, pig and poultry breeding). The natural meadows are enriched with fertilizers and grassland cultivation is practised. Apart from that, natural fodder is supplemented by mixed feeding and root vegetables. Cattle are only kept in stands for a short period in winter. Dairy-farming predominates. Crop-growing is mainly maintained to supply livestock with adequate fodder. Two-thirds of the total sown area is under fodder crops (root vegetables and grass). The principal grain crops are wheat, oats and barley. Sugar beet is the main industrial crop. Market gardening and orcharding are thriving industries supplying the cities with fresh vegetables and fruit. The fishing industry plays a prominent role in Britain's economy. The main fishing ports lie on the eastern coast in close proximity to Dogger Bank in the North Sea which is one of Europe's richest fisheries. II. Read, translate and reproduce the dialogues:
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