Records of money transactions in a farming business are termed
- A. farm inputs
- B. farm accounts
- C. capital
- D. farm liabilities
Which of the following constitutes subsidy in agricultural enterprise?
- A. supply of fertilizers to farmers at reduced price
- B. borrowing of money from a thrift society
- C. provision of money to farmers through commercial banks
- D. provision of services through cooperative societies
An increase in supply of agricultural produce can be caused by the following factors except
- A. reduced cost of production
- B. favourable weather conditions
- C. reduced taxation
- D. consumers buying less products
The natural resource utilized for production is
- A. capital
- B. management
- C. labour
- D. land
The practice of mating closely related animals is called
- A. pen mating
- B. cross breeding
- C. outbreeding
- D. inbreeding
Which of the following fishing gears can be used for total harvesting of pond?
- A. hook and line
- B. harpoon
- C. basket trap
- D. dragnet
Methods of preserving fish include the following except
- A. boiling
- B. drying
- C. smoking
- D. salting
Heavy infestation of liver fluke causes poor absorption of fats in livestock by
- A. blocking bile ducts thus preventing flow of bile
- B. destroying fat-digesting enzymes
- C. reducing ingestion of fats
- D. inhibiting the action of digestive enzymes
Which of the following is not a symptom of foot and mouth disease of cattle?
- A. excessive production of saliva
- B. sores on feet and tongue
- C. lameness
- D. blood stained diarrhea
Miracidium is one of the stages in the life cycle of
- A. roundworm
- B. liver fluke
- C. tapeworm
- D. tick
Which of the following is not a method of improving rangeland?
- A. practicing continuous grazing
- B. routine and regular weeding
- C. routine reseeding
- D. regular application of fertilizers
Layer’s ration contains more limestone than grower’s ration because limestone
- A. is difficult for the growers to digest
- B. stimulates layer's appetite
- C. reduces the acidity in the gut if growers
- D. supplies sufficient minerals to layers for shell formation
The hormone responsible for milk let down in female farm animals is
- A. testosterone
- B. FSH
- C. Oxytosin
- D. androgen
Gestation period is defined as the time
- A. of fusion of the sperm and the egg
- B. between conception and parturition
- C. of release of ovum from the ovary
- D. of the birth of the young animal
In subsistence agriculture
- A. yields are usually high
- B. surplus produce is small
- C. savings are made
- D. farm sizes are large
The primary role of agriculture is the provision of
- A. foreign exchange earnings
- B. raw materials for industries
- C. food for man and his animals
- D. employment and income for farmers