BAITLOTLI JSS

AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

REVISION 2017

Paper 4 Alternative to coursework 16/4

Marks: 40 Time: 1 Hour

NAME: ____________________________________________________

CLASS: _________

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your name and class on the space provided above.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.
3. Answer ALL questions.
4. Read all questions carefully before attempting to answer them.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

Question Marks scored
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Total marks

This question paper contains 7 printed pages.

DO NOT TURN OVER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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Use the information below to answer questions 1(a) to (c).

Joe has a plot of 4m x 1m for vegetable production. However, the plot is easily flooded.
He cleared the plot in preparation for working the soil

1. a. suggest a suitable type of seedbed that Joe should prepare.

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b. Describe how Joe should prepare the seedbed.
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c. Joe’s plot requires chicken manure at a rate of 5 kg/m2.

How much manure should he apply to the 4m x 1m area?

Show your working.
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Use the information below to answer question 1 (d).

d. A student was given vegetable seeds to plant on a 2m x 1m plot.

Outline four steps the student should follow to plant the seeds.
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 The diagram below shows a piece of equipment used to apply chemicals for control
of pests in vegetable production. Use it to answer question 2.

2. a. Name the equipment shown.

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b. Outline steps followed to prepare and apply a chemical for control of pests using the
equipment shown.
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 The diagram below shows some of the materials used in vegetable production.
Use it to answer question 3.

3. a. Name any two materials shown.

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b. Describe three ways of ensuring that these materials shown are kept safe for future
use.
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4. a. (i) Name the management activity carried out to take seedlings from a nursery to the
final place of growth.
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 ii. Outline four steps followed when taking seedlings to their final place of growth.
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b. Describe how a net shading can be constructed to cotrol bird pest damage in 2m x 1m
plot. Use a well-labelled diagram to support your answer.

Diagram

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Description
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5. A student filled information on his Card of Records. However, the student left out some
information as shown in the table below
Complete the Card of Records guided by the information given under activity, reason for
activity or tool(s) used.
Date Activity Reason for activity Tool(s) used

Feb 15 Add manure To improve soil fertility Wheelbarrow and

spade
Feb 17 To remove weeds

Feb 20 Planting

Feb 20 Watering can

Feb 20 Mulching

Mar 18 Hand trowel

Mar 30 To aerate the soil

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Below is information extracted from a farmers’s notes on vegetable farm
Use it to answer question 6.

- Amount of rape harvested - Cost of rape seeds P14

- Sale of rape at P215 - 20 kg kraal manure P20
- Water bill P50 - 10 kg fertilizer bag
- Two wheelbarrows of kraal manure - Pesticide bottle P20
15 ml pesticide

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6. Complete the table below by classifying the information extracted from the farmer’s
notes into either production records or financial records.

Production records Financial records

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