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Working with weather - true or false

Read each of the following situations and decide whether the statements made are true or false.

1. It is mid-winter and most of the pasture has been burnt off by frosts. It is a good time to burn off stumps and windrowed timber.
   FALSE
   
   
2. It is early spring and a thunderstorm brought a good fall of rain. Tomorrow would be a good day to plant out seedling trees for a windbreak.
   TRUE
   
3. A cold front is due to hit your district after lunchtime. You should make sure that you have a warm coat and wet weather gear in the ute before going back to continue fence repairs.
   TRUE
   
   
4. It is an extremely hot day. It would be a good day to dig the post-holes for the steep, back boundary by hand.
   FALSE
   
   
5. It has been a long, hot morning mustering sheep on horseback. You should take a break as soon as possible to rest and water the animals and have a drink and bite to eat yourself.
   TRUE
   
   
6. It has been pouring rain for two days. The property where you work is 30 kilometres from the nearest town on a road with several low-level creek crossings. The weather forecast is for more rain. It would be wise to go to town today to buy supplies.
   FALSE
   
   
7. You are ploughing to prepare for late autumn sowing of a broad acre wheat crop. The weather is hot, dry and dusty. The oil and water levels on the tractor should be checked and the air filters cleaned every day.
   TRUE
   
   
8. Snow is forecast for the tablelands property where you work and the merino ewes have commenced lambing. It would be a good time to ask your boss for a few days off to visit your family.
   FALSE
   
   
9. It is raining steadily this morning following heavy rain last night. The ploughing should be started today while the rain is about.
   FALSE
   
   
10. Gale force winds are forecast. You have to go to town to pick up parts for the tractor. Before leaving you should spend a few minutes checking around the farm house and sheds for items that need to be put away or secured, such as sheets of iron, plastic and fertiliser bags.
    TRUE

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