FARM ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
MEANING OF FARM ACCOUNTS Farm accounts are statements of money paid out or received for goods and services used in a farming business. Money is received due to sales of farm produce or loans from other sources while money is…
FARM MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS
Farm machinery includes various types of machines and implements used in the farm. These include tractors, ploughs, harrows, cultivators, ridgers, planters, harvesters, shellers, dryers, sprayers, incubators. The most important implement or machine in the farm, which is used for operating…
FARM SURVEYING AND PLANNING
Farm surveying is defined as the process of measuring and mapping out the position, topography, size and boundary of an area of farmland. It can also be defined as the process by which measuring of land is made on the…
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF MECHANISATION
Farm mechanisation is the application of engineering principles and technology in agricultural production, storage and processing on the farm. Farm mechanisation is applicable to land preparation, planting, fertilizer application, weeding and crop harvesting, rearing, caring and feeding of animals as…
SOURCES OF FARM POWER
DEFINITION OF POWER Power is defined as the rate of doing work or the rate of expenditure of energy. Farm power can be obtained from the following sources: Human power. Animal power. Mechanical power. Electrical power. Solar power. Wind power.…
FUNCTIONS AND PROBLEMS OF FARM MANAGER
In agriculture, the farm manager is usually regarded as the entrepreneur whose duties include the organisation, administration, production and marketing of produce from the farm. The reward for management is profit. FUNCTIONS OFA FARM MANAGER The functions of a…
ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY
Environmental physiology refers to the effects of the environment on the growth and performance of farm animals. Normal growth and performance are enhanced when climatic factors like temperature, rainfall, wind, relative humidity, sunlight, etc are moderate. Excess or lack of…
TYPES AND CLASSIFICATION OF FARM ANIMALS
Farm animals refers to as a group of animals which are reared in the farm either for food or for commercial purposes. The various types of farm animals include Poultry (fowls). Pig. Cattle. Sheep. Goat. Rabbit. Snail. Ducks. Turkey…
AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY
Agricultural ecology can simply be defined as the study of crop plants and farm animals in relation to their environment. Ecology is derived from a Greek word Oikos which means home or dwelling place. In other words, agricultural ecology can…
ANIMAL NUTRITION
Meaning of nutrition The art and science of feeding farm animals including plants to achieve healthy growth is known as nutrition. Feed is the food or meal eaten by farm animals and the food elements contained in animals feeds are…
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