Give four ways of controlling ticks on the farm. (2mks)

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State four reasons for keeping bees. (2mks)

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State four factors one would consider when siting a farm structure. (2mks) i) .........................................................................................................................................

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State four disadvantages of wind as a source of power on the farm. (2mks)

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Give four signs of parturition in pigs. (2mks) i) .........................................................................................................................................

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State two importance of caponization on a livestock production. (1mk)

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State four reasons why herding as a grazing system is discouraged. (2mks)

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. a) Name two tools commonly used for dehorning. (1mk)

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b) Give a set of tools used for controlling bulls on the farm. (1mk)

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State four management practices that the farmer would carry out in natural incubation. (2mks)

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Give three signs of tapeworm attack in livestock. (1 ½ mks) i) .........................................................................................................................................

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State four factors that influence milk led down in cattle. (2mks)

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Mention four dairy goats reared in Kenya. (2mks)

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. State four factors a farmer would consider when choosing a livestock feed. (2mks)

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a) Name the casual organism of anthrax disease in livestock. ( ½ mk)

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b) State four predisposing factors of livestock diseases. (2mks)

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Give two implements used in secondary cultivation. (1mk)

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List two methods of breeding used on a livestock farm (1mk)

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Give two functions of the roof in a plunge dip. (1mk)

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A farmer wishes to prepare a ration containing 16% DCP using cereal balancer of 10% DCP and cotton seed cake containing 28% DCP. Using Pearson’s square method, calculate the amount of each feed the farmer would use to prepare 100kg of the ration. (Show your working)

Study the illustration below and answer the questions that follow.

i) Identify the management practice being carried out in (c) (1mk) .........................................................................................................................................

ii) In each case, state the problem associated with (a) and (b). (2mks)

a) .........................................................................................................................................

b) ...................................................................................................................................

iii) Name the disease controlled by the management practices in illustration

(c) ......................................................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................................................

Below is an illustration of a farm equipment. Study it answer the questions that follow.

a) Identify the diagram above. (1mk) ......................................................................................................................................... .........................................................................................................................................

b) Name the parts labeled K and L. (2mks)

K......................................................................................................................................... L.........................................................................................................................................

c) State the importance of warm water in the illustration. (1mk)

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Study the farm structure illustrated below and answer the questions that follow.

a) Identify the type of pass illustrated above. (1mk)

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b) Distinguish between a pass and a gate (1mk) .

........................................................................................................................................ ......................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................... c) Give two disadvantages of barbed wire fence when used in paddocking (2mks)

Below is a diagram of an ox plough implement. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

a) Name the parts labeled M, N,O and P (2mks)

M....................................................................................................................................

N.....................................................................................................................................

O......................................................................................................................................

P........................................................................................................................................

b) Give one function for the part labeled M. (1mk) .........................................................................................................................................

c) State the maintenance carried out on N to make it effective and efficient. (1mk) .........................................................................................................................................

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a) State six characteristics of the merino sheep. (6mks)

b) Explain five reasons for maintaining farm tools. (10mks)

c) Outline the procedure of training a calf for bucket feeding. (4mks)

. a) Discuss Fowl Typhoid disease under the following sub-headings.

i) Causal organism (1mk)

ii) Symptoms (3mks)

iii) Control measures (3mks)

b) State five ways the farmer can use to control cannibalism in a flock of poultry. (5mks)

c) State and explain four factors considered when formulating livestock rations. (8mks)

a) State five maintenance practices of a mould board plough.

b) Explain five structural and functional differences between the petrol and diesel engines.

c) State five reasons for culling a boar.