POULTRY
POULTRY
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE
CATTLE

Composition of an egg.
Incubation of eggs.
Egg candling.
Natural incubation.
Artificial incubation.
Management of an incubator. Merits & demerits of artificial incubation.
Artificial brooding.
Brooder & brooder management.
Rearing of growers, layers and broilers.
Chicken rearing systems. -Free range rearing system.
- Fold system.
- Deep liter system.
- Battery cage system.
Factors affecting egg production. Vices.
Stress.
Culling birds.
Marketing eggs and chicken meat.
Raising of the young stock.
Methods of calf rearing.
Weaning of calves.
Rearing replacement stock.
Calf housing.
Routine management practices in poultry.
Factors affecting milk composition.
Milk secretion and let-down.
Clean milk.
Milking materials and equipment.
Milking procedure and technique.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Identify parts of an egg.
Describe the parts of an egg.
State factors considered when choosing a rearing system.
Identify requirements for free-range system.
State merits & demerits of free rage system.

Drawing and labeling an egg.
Breaking an egg to examine its internal structure.
Q/A & discussion.

Eggs,
Chart ? parts of an egg.
eggs
Cardboard boxes,
Torch, eggs.
Nesting box.
artificial incubator
Artificial brooder.
free range system
Chicken folds.
deep littre system
Battery cages.
resource person
eggs
Artificial colostrums.
Chart - weaning guide.
video
Calf houses.
Chart-
Structure of the udder.
milk
Strip cup.
Lactating cow, basic milking equipment.

KLB BK IV
Pg 1-2

Longhorn Bk IV
Pg 1-2
KLB BK IV
Pg 15-17

Longhorn Bk IV
Pg 13-15

CATTLE
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
FARM POWER & MACHINERY.
AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)
AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)
AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)
AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)
AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)
AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)
AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)

Dry cow therapy. Milk products. Marketing of milk and beef.
Electrical system of a tractor.
Tractor ignition system.
Tractor cooling system.
Lubrication system of an engine.
Power transmission system of an engine.
Tractor servicing.
Tractor drawn implements.
Disc plough.
Mould board plough.
Harrows.
Other farm implements.
Animal drawn implements.
Household firm relationship.
Gross domestic product (GDP) and Gross National product (GNP). Per Capita Income.
Contribution of Agriculture to national development.
Land as a factor of production.
Labor as a factor of production.
Capital.
Management as a production factor.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Explain the concept of dry cow therapy.

Name various milk products.
Describe marketing of milk, beef & their by-products in Kenya.

Explanations & brief discussion.

Chart-  electrical system.
Chart - ignition system.
Chart- water cooling system.
diagram of a lubrication system
Chart- power transmission
system.
Charts-
Tractor drawn implements.
Chart- Disc plough
Chart- Mould board plough
harrows 
illustrative video
Chart:
An ox-plough.
resource person
calculator
student book
chart

KLB BK IV
Pg 46-47

Longhorn Bk IV
Pg 38-40

AGRIC. ECONOMICS III (PRODUCTION ECONOMICS)
AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)
AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)
AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)
AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)
AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)
AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)
AGRICULTURE ECONOMIC IV (FARM ACCOUNTS)

Production function.
Production function curves.
Increasing returns production functions.
Constant returns production functions.
Decreasing returns production functions.
Law of diminishing returns.
Zones of a PF curve.
The principles of substitution. Input-input relationship.
Product-product relationship. Supplementary and complementary products.
The principle of equi-marginal returns. The concept of cost.
Types of revenue.
Farm planning.
Making a farm plan.
Farm budgeting.
Types of farm budgets.
Farmer?s support services Extension, training & banking.
Credit. Sources of credit.
Artificial insemination & Agricultural research.
Marketing. Farm input suppliers Tractor hire service
Risks and uncertainties in farming.
Adjusting to uncertainties and risks.
Financial documents.
Books of accounts.
Cash book.
Journal & Subsidiary books of the Journal.
Financial statements. Balance sheet.
Solvency of a business.
Profit and loss account.

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
Define production function.
State characteristics of variable and fixed inputs.

Q/A: examples of inputs & outputs; variable and fixed inputs;
Brief discussion.

Graph papers.
charts
graphs
Chart - Curve showing 3 zones of PF.
chart
student book
resource person
Invoice, receipt, delivery note and a purchase order.
Cash book.
Balance sheet.
chart 

KLB BK IV
Pg 104-6
Longhorn Bk 4
Pg 96-7