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TOPIC: Farm structures and buildings
CONTENT: Description of farm structures and buildings;
- Farm structures- barns, silos, rhombus, paddock, fish ponds, etc
- Farm buildings- poultry houses, pen, store, offices, utility building, security post etc
Sub – Topic 1: Farm structures
Farm structures
Farm structure is facility constructed on the farmland to ease farm operations e.g silos, nursery, feed mill etc.
Farm structures are very simple buildings designed to serve specific purposes on the farm so that farm operations are more easily carried out eg barns, cribs, silos, etc,
Examples of farm structures:
- Silos vi. Silage pit xi. Nursery
- Rhumbus vii. Feed mill xii. Paddock
iii. Cribs viii. Compost pit/manure pit xiii. Cages
- Barns ix. Drying shed xiv. Pond
- Bins x. Abattoir xv. Hutches
Types of farm structures and their uses
Farm structures are classified based on their uses
- Production structures: These are structures for rearing animals and nursing young crop plants/seedlings e.g. poultry battery cages, grazing paddocks, poultry range shelters, fish pods, rabbit hutches, potting sheds for seedlings (nurseries),
- Processing structures: These are structures that facilitate the conversion of harvested farm produce into usable and marketable forms.
Examples are processing sheds for processing machines such as grinding machine sheller, oil palm press, feed mill machines, silage pit compost pit, drying shed/pavement/barns; slaughter slab; smoking chamber etc
- Storage structures: These are structures constructed for the storage and preservation of farm produce e.g silos, cribs, rhumbus, barns, irrigation dams, compost pits, feed mills, tanks, cold stores etc.
- Maintenance structures: These are structures where repairs and servicing of farm equipment take place. These include mechanics’ workshop; carpenter’s workshop etc.
