Agricultural Science

An indication that chicks are comfortable in a brooder is that they?

A. move away from the source of heat B. pant and sit with their mouths open C. spread themselves uniformly…

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When an animal eats wood and licks iron railing instead of the diet given to it, it is likely that the?

A. animal is on heat B. ambient temperature is too high C. diet is deficient in essential elements D. animal…

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Which of the following feedstuffs does not contain phosphorous?

A. blood meal B. limestone C. fish meal D. oyster shell Correct Answer: Option B - limestone

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The most important reason for low livestock population in the rain forest zone is the?

A. fast rate at which pasture crops become fibrous B. shortage of forage crops during the long dry season C.…

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An accessory sex gland in a bull is?

A. prostate gland B. pituitary gland C. thyroid gland D. pancreatic gland Correct Answer: Option A - prostate gland

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Mulching?

A. reduces evaporation of soil water B. increases soil acidity C. prevents seedling diseases D. improves soil texture Correct Answer:…

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When a farmland is heavily infested with striga, it may be concluded that the farmland?

A. is undergoing drainage B. had not ben regularly irrigated C. may have been used for growing guinea corn D.…

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Weed plants which grow on other plants without deriving nutrients from them are called?

A. sedged B. epiphytes C. decomposers D. saprophytes Correct Answer: Option B - epiphytes

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The following problems are likely to be caused by insects except?

A. loss of leaves of crop plants B. rottening of cobs in storage C. transmission of viral diseases D. reduction…

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Viral diseases of crop plants are best controlled by?

A. planting resistant varieties B. applying fungicides C. applying insecticides D. flooding farmlands Correct Answer: Option A - planting resistant…

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