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Agricultural Science Lesson Note For JSS2 (Basic 7) First Term

This document provides lesson notes on agricultural science for JSS2 students in the first term. It covers topics like farm structures, cultural practices, farming systems, and includes schedules for weeks 2-9 which discuss these topics in further detail.

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Agricultural Science Lesson Note For JSS2 (Basic 7) First Term

This document provides lesson notes on agricultural science for JSS2 students in the first term. It covers topics like farm structures, cultural practices, farming systems, and includes schedules for weeks 2-9 which discuss these topics in further detail.

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Agricultural Science Lesson note for

JSS2 (Basic 7) First Term


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Lesson Note on Agriculture Science


JSS2 First Term
Scheme of work Agricultural science JSS TWO 1st term

1 Revision

2 Farm structure

3 Farm structure (ii)

4 Cultural practices

5 Cultural practices (2)

6 Cultural practices (contd)

7 Farming system

8 Farming system (contd)

9 Field work

10 and 11 Revision

12 Examination

WEEK 2 AND 3

FARM STRUCTURES AND BUILDINGS


Farm Structures: They are simple erections on the farm site which make
farm operations easier and more efficient. Farm structures are common
agricultural structures associated with agricultural use such as growing
and harvesting crops and raising livestock. These structures may include:

Barns

Cold storages for crops grown and raised on-site

Riding arenas (riding academies)

Slaughterhouses

Hay or feed storage

Livestock shelter or shade structures

Feed or hay shelter structures

Loafing sheds

Poultry coop

Farm equipment storage

Types of Farm Structures


Farm structures are classified according to their functions and uses.

1.Production Structures – These are structures which facilitate production


processes in the farm. Example are poultry battery cages, fish pond,
shelter, rabbit hutches.

2.Structures for Shelter – They are simple farm buildings erected at


different points in the farm to provide shelter for rest during heavy rain or
when the intensity of the sun is too high. The structures are occasionally
used as temporary storage.

3.Processing Structures – These are structures designed and constructed


to speed up the processing of farm produce. Examples are smoking
houses, shelling and hulling barns erected to accommodate processing
machines such as grinding machines, feed mills and rice mills

4.Storage Structures – These are structures used for storing


producebefore they are ready for sale or used as inputs in the next
planting season e.g. silos, cribs, barns, rhumbus.
5.Utility Structures – These structures include well, canals, irrigations,
pumping houses.6.Maintenance Structures – This include workshops for
maintenance of farm tools and machineries

Farm Buildings Note


These are bigger and more elaborate erections which are designed and
constructed to serve different purposes.

Types of Farm Building and their Uses


1.Living Houses for the Farmer and Workers – These are houses which
provide accommodation for the farmer and his workers. no serious farmer
is expected to live outside the farm.

2.Production Houses – Buildings used for production. Examples – poultry


house, hatcheries, pens.

3.Storage Houses – These are buildings used for storing farm tools, feeds,
chemicals and fertilizers

4.Special Shelters – These building include milking parlour, sick bay,


isolation sheds or quarantine houses, abattoir or slaughter houses

Maintenance of Farm Structures


Farmers need to regularly check on the condition of their buildings to
maintain building stability and safety.

*.Repairs should be carried out regularly once wear and tear is noticed

*.Paints should be used for wooden and metal parts of farm structures
that are constantly exposed to rain

*.Preservatives should be applied to wood to protect it against insects


such as termites

WEEK 4
CULTURAL PRACTICES NOTE
Cultural practices involves all the activities carried out on the

farm before, during and after planting of crops. They are grouped

into: pre-planting, planting and post-planting operation.

1. PRE-PLANTING OPERATION:

These are the operations done before

planting. They are:

a. Choice of site

b. Clearing of land

c. Stumping

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d. Ploughing

e. Harrowing

f. Ridging

WEEK 5
PLANTING OPERATION: These are activities done during planting. They are:

1. Planting /Sowing

2. Transplanting

3. Nursery practices

4. Thinning

5. Spacing

6. Depth

WEEK 6

POST-PLANTING OPERATION: These are the activities that are done

after planting. They are:

a. Thinning

b. Supplying

c. Mulching

d. Manure or application

e. Watering

f. Weeding

g. Pest and disease control

h. Harvesting

i. Processing

j. Storage

WEEK 7 and 8
FARMING SYSTEM
MIXED FARMING: is an agricultural system in which a farmer conducts
different agricultural practice together, such as cash crops and livestock.
The aim is to increase income through different sources and to
complement land and labour demands across the year.

MONO CROPPING: is the agricultural practice of growing a

single crop year after year on the same land, in the

absence of rotation through other crops or growing

multiple crops on the same land (polyculture). Corn ,

soybeans , and wheat are three common crops often

grown using mono cropping techniques.

SOLE CROPPING
Growing one crop alone or in pure stand, either as a

single crop or as a sequence of single crops within the

year.

MIXED CROPPING
Mixed cropping is a system of sowing two or three crops

together on the same land, one being the main crop and the

others the subsidiaries.

WEEK 9

FIELD WORK ………………

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