waecE-LEARNING
Agricultural Science Paper 3, Nov/Dec 2011  
Questions: 1 2 3 4   Main
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The candidates were able to:

  • Identify gully and rill erosion;
  • discuss practices that may predispose land to sheet erosion;
  • state ways by which a farmer can control rill erosion on a gentle slope;
  • give reasons why soil erosion is important to the farmers;
  • identify pick axe (digger) and mattock;
  • state uses of pick axe (digger) and mattock;
  • state the use of emasculator / burdizzo;
  • give advantages of castrating farm animals;
  • identify grasshoppers;
  • state how to control grasshoppers, aphids, stem borers, weaver birds and rodents;
  • discuss the economic importance of insect – pests in agriculture;
  • identify egg candler, brooder, lantern and water rough;
  • identify problems associated with the use of lantern in poultry production;
  • identify thermometer as the instrument used to measure temperature in brooder box; and
  • state that 21 days is the incubation period of eggs in domestic fowls.
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