Although our company deals with computer hardware and accessories, our sister company is into farming implements, fertilizer and pesticides. So, when they purchased a demonstration farm we were invited to its inauguration.
The farm lot was divided into plots with each plot separated by a paddy. Since the intended demo crop is rice, the plot is irrigated and water is almost 6 inches deep. Then a few farmers were asked to plant the rice seedlings on the designated plots and likewise fertilizer was applied. Since there are different types of fertilizers, one type was used for each plot to determine by contrast the effectiveness of the product.
Then each plot was provided with a
flag marker and recorded, so that only the fertilizer initially used would also be used to the succeeding application. As the plants grew, pesticides were likewise scheduled on the different plots and a new marker was assigned, so only the designated pesticide would be used.
On the rear portion of the farm was a plot that is intended to be organic, meaning rice would be allowed to grow on its own, fertilizer to be used would be natural and pesticides would be totally banned. And a new different marker was used, to avoid confusion as to what plot needs to have fertilizers and pesticides.
Looking at the system just used, the overall effect was festive because the flag markers came in different colors, red, yellow, blue, lavender and what have you while green is assigned to the organic plot.
Well, we never run out of ideas, particularly when and how flags and markers are used to make things much easier.
by:
The Flagman
