Cultural practices can be classified into the following except
Pre-planting operations
Planting operations
Post-planting operations
In-planting operations
Correct answer is D
Cultural practices are the various activities carried out on the farm before, during and after planting to ensure proper growth and establishment of crops.
The botanical name of maize is
Corn seed
Zea mays
Rattus rattus
Discorea spp
Correct answer is B
Maize also called corn is a member of the grass family (Gramineae). It produces grains, use as food by human beings and livestock. Zea mays is botanical name of maize.
Which of these operations comes first in cultural practice?
Tillage
Ridges
Stumping
Harvesting
Correct answer is C
Stumping is the removal of stumps by digging them out manually using cutlasses and axes. It can also be done mechanically by using bulldozer. Stumps are the left over cut trees on the farm left on the soil surface.
Which of the following is not an organic manure?
Green manure
Farmyard manure
Compost
Fertilizer
Correct answer is D
Fertilizers are chemical substances which are usually prepared in the farm, they are made in form of liquid, powder, granules, pellets or crystals
One of the limitation of mechanization of farms is
Reduction in the cost of production
Exposure of soil to the effects of climate
Increase in yield of crops
Reduction of farm labour
Correct answer is A
Mechanization is the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture .This required lot of capital thereby increasing the cost of production.