2024 NECO GCE AGRICULTURE: 2024 NECO GCE AGRIC PRACTICAL ANSWERS (4145)

(1a)
A. Rhumbus
B. Fishing Basket
C. Silos

(1b)
(i) They maintain grain quality
(ii) They make grains available throughout the year
(iii) They safe grains from insect attack

(1c)
A. It is made from grasses
B. Fishing net is made from palm frond
C. Silos is Made from metals

(1d)
A
(i) Sorghum
(ii) Oat

B
(i) Beans
(ii) Soya beans

(1e)
(i) B is used for harvesting fishes

(1f)
(i) Fishing net

(2a)
To determine the water holding capacity and the porosity of each type of soil

(2b)
(iv) Cotton wool
(v) Measuring cylinder
(vi) Drained water

(2c)
(i) Sandy soil
(ii) Clayed soil
(iii) Loamy soil

(2d)
Grind loam and clay soil into fine particles after proper drying in the sun. Equal masses are placed in the measuring cylinder and allow to stand for some hour in the funnel

(2e)
(I) It has the highest porosity
(III) It has the lowest porosity

(2f)
I is more spacious than II and III

(2g)
It helps to study the process of percolation water in crop production

(3a)
(i) Radicle
(ii) Cotyledon
(iii) Hypocotyl

(3b)
(i) It helps in the production of food
(ii) It carries out the process of transpiration

(3c)
Dicotyledons

(3d)
(i) Absorption
(ii) Germination

(3e)
(i) Poor germination of W
(ii) Poor development of plumule and radicle

(3f)
(i) Weeding
(ii) Fertilizer application

(3g)
(i) Inadequate moisture
(ii) Poor soil nutrients

(3h)
Irrigation practice

(4a)
(i) Belly
(ii) Wisker
(iii) Rump
(iv) Shank

(4b)
(i) Angora
(ii) Dutch
(iii) Beveren

(4c)
(i) Pneumonia
(ii) Sore hock
(iii) Mixomytosis

(4d)
(i) Poultry growers mash
(ii) Aspilia africana

(4e)
(i) Remove and bury deal animals
(ii) Isolate any sick animal for treatment
(iii) Cleaning the feed and water to prevent contamination