The table below illustrates a farm record for Goodness Farms in the year 1970. Use it to answer this question.
| DATE | NUMBER OF HENS |
TOTAL EGGS COLLECTED |
TOTAL EGGS SOLD |
| 4th June | 362 | 176 | 96 |
| 5th June | 360 | 199 | 108 |
| 6th June | 360 | 177 | 48 |
If all the unsold eggs were later sold on 7th June at ₦5.00 per crate, calculate the income from unsold eggs. (Assuming a crate = 30 eggs)
The gross profit of a farm business is the farm's
(a) State five reasons why the government should enact laws to regulate the use of land for agriculture.
(b) A cocoa farmer has just acquired 10 hectares of farmland and is considering the type of farm power to use for tillage operations. (i) Advise the farmer on the most appropriate type of farm power to use. (ii) State four reasons for the answer in (b)(i).
(c) Mention one function of each of the following parts of a seed planter: (i) seed tube; (ii) furrow opener, (iii) hopper (iv) seed metering device (v) furrow wheel
(d) List three machines used in processing crops after harvesting.
(a) Explain each of the following cropping systems: (i) monocropping; (ii) mixed cropping; (iii) mixed farming (iv) crop rotation.
(b) A crop farmer observed that the leaves of the orange plants on the farm turned purple with most of the immature fruits dropping. (i) ldentify the nutrient deficient in the orange plants. (ii) List four inorganic fertilizers that could correct the nutrient deficiency observed in the orange plants.
(c) Name five materials that could be used to attract bees to a new beehive.
(a) Explain four causes of damage to maize during storage.
(b) Two heterozygous tall plants, Tt, were crossed in an experiment. Using a genetic diagram, (i) show the possible offspring that could result from the cross. (ii) determine the:
1. genotypic ratio of the offspring:
2. phenotypic ratio of the offspring.
(c) State Mendel's first and second laws of inheritance.
(d) Mention two forage grasses.