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Agriculture Paper 2 Question Paper

Agriculture Paper 2

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

MANG'U HIGH SCHOOL
443/2
AGRICULTURE
PAPER 2
JULY 2009

SECTION A (30 MKS)

1. Name a pig breed kept for both pork and bacon. (1/2 mk)

2. Define the term predisposing factor as used in livestock production. (1 mk)

3. State TWO disadvantages of overstocking in cattle production. (1 mk)

4. Name FOUR viral diseases that attack farm animals. (2 mks)

5. State TWO reasons for docking rams. (1 mk)

6. Name the most appropriate set of animal handing tools that a farmer should use to restrain a large bull when taking it round agriculture show livestock parade. (1 mk)

7. Why are droppers used in fencing work. (1 mk)

8. State FOUR reasons for castrating male piglets. (2 mks)

9. Name the intermediate host of the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

10. List any farm structures that are necessary for handling dairy animals. (2 mks)

11. Name TWO tractor drawn implements used to perform the following farm operations: secondary tillage. (1 mk)

12. State the reason why drenching alone is not an effective method of controlling internal parasite in livestock. (1 mk)

13. Give TWO advantages of tractor hire services to a farmer. (1 mk)

14. List FOUR routes through which pathogens can enter the body of an animal. (2 mks)

15. Name the appropriate saw used to carry out the following operations:

¡). Cutting holes on irregular lines on timber. (1/2 mk)

¡¡). Making curved on wood. (1/2 mk)

¡¡¡). Cutting timber along the grains. (1/2 mk)

16. Name the hormone that stimulate milk let-down in a dairy cow. (1/2 mk)

17. State THREE ways in which a production ration may be utilized by cattle. (1 1/2 mks)

18. Why is smoke during harvesting of honey necessary. (1/2 mk)

19. A bull gained 60kg live weight after being fed 420kg concentrate for a period of 4 months. Calculate the feed conversion ratio. (1 mk)

20. Give TWO reasons why selection of breeding stock in necessary. (1 mk)

21. Give FOUR maintainance practices that should be carried out on a permanent calf pen. (2 mks)

22. State FOUR disadvantages of natural mating as a breeding method in dairy cattle. (2 mks)

23. How does cross-breeding improve livestock? (1 mk)

24. Give THREE maintenance practices that should be carried out on cross cut saws. (1 1/2)

SECTION B (40 MKS)
Answer ANY TWO questions in this section.

25 a). Describe how to rear female lambs from the weaning age until they are ready to be served. (10 mks)

(b). Describe foot rot disease in sheet under the following sub-headings;

(¡). Cause (1 mk)

(¡¡). Symptoms (3 mks)

(¡¡¡). Control measures (6 mks)

26 a). Explain the factors that a farmer would consider when constructing a farm structure. (12 mks)

(b). Describe the uses of farm fences. (8 mks)

27. Describe concisely he working mechanisms of a four stroke cycle tractor engine. (20 mks)

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