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Form Two Agriculture Question Paper

Form Two Agriculture

Course:Agriculture

Exam Year:2008

FRIENDS SCHOOL KAMUSINGA
KIMILILI

AGRICULTURE
FORM 2 END YEAR 2008
TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS
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? Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

1. Why is hand dressing important in the control of Livestock parasites? (1 mark)

2. State four effects of temperature on crop growth and development. (4 marks)

3. State three factors that determine the type of irrigation to be used in a given area. (3 marks)

4. Name five functions of vitamins in animals. (5 marks)

5. (a) Why is it necessary to vaccinate livestock? (1 mark)

(b) How does a vaccine operate in the body of the animal? (3 marks)

(c) Name any six livestock diseases controlled through vaccination. (3 marks)

6. (a) What is castration? (1 mark)

(b) Outline the procedure of castrating piglets at the age of 2 weeks. (5 marks)

7. (a) Give six effects of ticks on livestock. (3 marks)

(b) Outline the life-cycle of a three-host tick. (6 marks)

8. Give five advantages of using a disc plough while carrying out primary tillage on a piece of land. (5 marks)

9. (a) What is creep feeding? (1 mark)

(b) Give three qualities of a good creep feed. (3 marks)

(c) Give four reasons for introducing creep feeds to piglets at the age of 10 days. (4 marks)

10. (a) Define the term reproduction. (1 mark)

(b) State any four advantages of Embryo transplant. (4 marks)

11. (a) Draw a neat and well labeled diagram of the reproductive system of a cow. (5 marks)

(b) Give any four signs of parturition in cows. (2 marks)

12. Give any five reasons that will make bees to swarm. (5 marks)

13. (a) Define the following terms as used in fish farming. (4 marks)
(i) Cropping

(ii) Fingerlings

(iii) Spillway

(iv) Harvesting

(b) Name five Maintenance practices carried on a fish pond. (5 marks)

14. Outline the rearing practices of a lamb from the time of birth upto the age of service.(10 marks)

15. A farmer was advised to apply 150kg of calcium Ammonium nitrate per hectare when top dressing his maize crop. C.A.N contains 21% N. Calculate the amount of nitrogen applied on one hectare. (2 marks)

16. Describe the production of tomatoes under the following headings
a. Nursery establishment and management (4 marks)
b. Weed control (2 marks)
c. Pruning (2 marks)
d. Staking (2 marks)
e. Harvesting (2 marks)

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