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Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply than previously believed. For example, farmers who till deeply are ten times more likely to lose topsoil to erosion than are farmers who use no-till methods. Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.

The argument depends on assuming which one of the following?


A. Topsoil erosion does not make farmers want to till more deeply.

B. In deep-tillage farming, the deeper one tills, the greater the susceptibility to topsoil erosion.

C. Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option.

D. The most expensive farming methods employ topsoil aeration techniques other than deep tillage.

E. On average, topsoil that is no-tilled is more aerated than topsoil that is tilled deeply.
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Originally posted by Macsen on 18 Dec 2011, 21:01.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   01 Jul 2014, 23:09
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Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply than previously believed. For example, farmers who till deeply are ten times more likely to lose topsoil to erosion than are farmers who use no-till methods. Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.

The argument depends on assuming which one of the following?

A. Topsoil erosion does not make farmers want to till more deeply.
B. In deep-tillage farming, the deeper one tills, the greater the susceptibility to topsoil erosion.
C. Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option.
D. The most expensive farming methods employ topsoil aeration techniques other than deep tillage.
E. On average, topsoil that is no-tilled is more aerated than topsoil that is tilled deeply.


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The argument is about what the farmers should do and not about what they want to do. Hence option (A) is out of scope.

Premises:
Deep tillage causes top soil erosion.
Farmers who till deeply are 10 times more likely to lose top soil than farmers who don't till.

Conclusion:
Farmers should use no till methods for top soil aeration.

Look at the last sentence: Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.
This tell us that tilling is a 'top soil aeration technique'. Tilling deeply is bad so farmers should use no till methods. The author has jumped from deep tilling to no till. He says that just don't till at all since deep tilling is bad for top soil. He assumes that there are no methods of tilling (which may not be bad for top soil) other than deep tilling.

Therefore, the assumption of the author is "Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option."

Answer (C)
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2011, 22:01
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No problem,Macsen.

In the last statement of the paragraph the author has used the word strive which means to try very hard.

Deep tillage causes soil erosion on the farmers own land and still they are not using the other aeration techniques and the author believes farmers have to strive hard to start using them which means they must be non-viable to the farmers(they could be expensive or inaccessible).

I hope this helps.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2011, 03:22
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C.Farmers are already aware that deep tilling techniques are harming their top soil
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Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply than previously believed

Still they continue to use the old tilling method assuming that other methods available are not so viable.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   19 Dec 2011, 09:11
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A cannot be the option, as it suggests that farmers are reluctant to use deep tilling method in their fields,but the entire paragraph is contrary to the same and it points to the fact that farmers are still using deep tilling which causes soil erosion.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   26 Dec 2011, 09:56
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There is a argument presenting a case for use of non tilling method for aeriation.
So what can be the fact based on which author is stressing her point .
A ) yes could be as she is trying to stop them as they don’t care about top soil erosion
B ) this info cannot be concluded
So I hope it’s A) why its not is bit beyond me
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2012, 22:55
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Macsen wrote:
Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply than previously believed. For example, farmers who till deeply are ten times more likely to lose topsoil to erosion than are farmers who use no-till methods. Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.

The argument depends on assuming which one of the following?

A. Topsoil erosion does not make farmers want to till more deeply.
B. In deep-tillage farming, the deeper one tills, the greater the susceptibility to topsoil erosion.
C. Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option.
D. The most expensive farming methods employ topsoil aeration techniques other than deep tillage.
E. On average, topsoil that is no-tilled is more aerated than topsoil that is tilled deeply.


conclusion : farmers should incorporate no till methods in place of deep till methods by using other top soil aeration technique
premise : farmers using deep tillage are ten times more likely to loose top in comparison to non tillage method

what if there being a case tht ""to prevent top soil erosion, one has to till deeper . Thus a possible assumption here would negate this answer choice and that's what option A does. So in my opinion A
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2014, 07:56
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
Macsen wrote:
Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply than previously believed. For example, farmers who till deeply are ten times more likely to lose topsoil to erosion than are farmers who use no-till methods. Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.

The argument depends on assuming which one of the following?

A. Topsoil erosion does not make farmers want to till more deeply.
B. In deep-tillage farming, the deeper one tills, the greater the susceptibility to topsoil erosion.
C. Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option.
D. The most expensive farming methods employ topsoil aeration techniques other than deep tillage.
E. On average, topsoil that is no-tilled is more aerated than topsoil that is tilled deeply.


Responding to a pm:

The argument is about what the farmers should do and not about what they want to do. Hence option (A) is out of scope.



Karishma,

If the option A) would be:
Topsoil erosion does not make farmers till more deeply.

Does the option correct?

I can understand why option C) is correct though.
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kinjiGC wrote:
Karishma,

If the option A) would be:
Topsoil erosion does not make farmers till more deeply.

Does the option correct?

I can understand why option C) is correct though.


To be honest, if there were an option like this, it would be silly. We know that top soil erosion is bad for the soil and hence for the farmers. Why would they till more deeply if top soil erosion happens because of tilling. The option (A), as given has been given to confuse you. It is something so basic that obviously it is true. But the argument doesn't talk about what the farmers want to do and hence this is out of scope for us.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2014, 20:30
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:

Responding to a pm:

The argument is about what the farmers should do and not about what they want to do. Hence option (A) is out of scope.

Premises:
Deep tillage causes top soil erosion.
Farmers who till deeply are 10 times more likely to lose top soil than farmers who don't till.

Conclusion:
Farmers should use no till methods for top soil aeration.

Look at the last sentence: Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.
This tell us that tilling is a 'top soil aeration technique'. Tilling deeply is bad so farmers should use no till methods. The author has jumped from deep tilling to no till. He says that just don't till at all since deep tilling is bad for top soil. He assumes that there are no methods of tilling (which may not be bad for top soil) other than deep tilling.

Therefore, the assumption of the author is "Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option."

Answer (C)


So Karishma would my understanding be correct that between the spectrum of deep tilling method ( say 100 % tilling) to a no till method ( 0%) , there is no other viable method and thus this is the assumption ?

The reason I opted for A was that deep soil tilling is leading to a negative feedback in the soil ecosystem and the farmer is constrained to till deeper for next crop so that , say , all the nutrients etc are available to the second crop. In other words deep tilling in crop # 1 is aggravating the condition of soil , thereby compelling the farmer to dig deeper for crop#2
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2014, 20:57
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himanshujovi wrote:
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:

Responding to a pm:

The argument is about what the farmers should do and not about what they want to do. Hence option (A) is out of scope.

Premises:
Deep tillage causes top soil erosion.
Farmers who till deeply are 10 times more likely to lose top soil than farmers who don't till.

Conclusion:
Farmers should use no till methods for top soil aeration.

Look at the last sentence: Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.
This tell us that tilling is a 'top soil aeration technique'. Tilling deeply is bad so farmers should use no till methods. The author has jumped from deep tilling to no till. He says that just don't till at all since deep tilling is bad for top soil. He assumes that there are no methods of tilling (which may not be bad for top soil) other than deep tilling.

Therefore, the assumption of the author is "Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option."

Answer (C)


So Karishma would my understanding be correct that between the spectrum of deep tilling method ( say 100 % tilling) to a no till method ( 0%) , there is no other viable method and thus this is the assumption ?

The reason I opted for A was that deep soil tilling is leading to a negative feedback in the soil ecosystem and the farmer is constrained to till deeper for next crop so that , say , all the nutrients etc are available to the second crop. In other words deep tilling in crop # 1 is aggravating the condition of soil , thereby compelling the farmer to dig deeper for crop#2


Yes, since the author believes that deep tilling is bad, he concludes that no-till methods should be used hence assuming that tilling methods other than deep tilling are not viable.

As I said before, option (A) is out of scope of our argument. The author is discussing what should be done and why. He is not considering and hence not assuming what the farmers may want to do.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   26 Aug 2015, 06:57
Macsen wrote:
Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply than previously believed. For example, farmers who till deeply are ten times more likely to lose topsoil to erosion than are farmers who use no-till methods. Results like these make it clear that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.

The argument depends on assuming which one of the following?

A. Topsoil erosion does not make farmers want to till more deeply.
B. In deep-tillage farming, the deeper one tills, the greater the susceptibility to topsoil erosion.
C. Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option.
D. The most expensive farming methods employ topsoil aeration techniques other than deep tillage.
E. On average, topsoil that is no-tilled is more aerated than topsoil that is tilled deeply.



Explanation:

The conclusion of the argument is that farmers who now till deeply should use no-till methods. For this to be true(that "no-till"methods are the only viable option) there should not be any other tilling method.In other words,if there is any other tilling method,farmers need not incorporate no-till methods in which case the conclusion fails.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   20 Dec 2015, 06:47
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C seems best: Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option.


the ARGUMENT is contending that farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.----->there by making an assumption that Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is not a viable option.
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   21 Dec 2015, 11:18
Use negation technique only (c) remains -

Tilling by any method other than deep tillage is a viable option
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Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply than previously believed........ farmers who now till deeply should strive, by using other topsoil aeration techniques, to incorporate no-till methods instead.


If other viable method of tillage are avalable why farmers are still using deep tillage method and why should they strive to use other aeration techniques ...

The entire reasoning falls apart , so correct answer is none other than (C)
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Re: Deep tillage is even more deliterious to the world's topsoil supply th [#permalink] New post   27 Dec 2015, 22:23
The argument concludes that the farmers who till deeply should incorporate no-till methods. The author has taken into consideration only the two extremes deep till versus no-till. So he assumed there can be nothing in between which is correctly identified in "C". "B" restates the fact. So it cannot be a necessary assumption."A" states a conclusion. Again it is not a necessary assumption. Assumption is the missing link between fact and conclusion. Hence the answer is "C".
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