Ag science??

There's already a thread here on ag science.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055312785

Your projects can't be rechecked because they have already been graded twice. There is no need to grade them a third time. Your teacher graded them and they were monitored by an external examiner (i'm one of those). No need for a third check.

There aren't that many experiments. Many of the experiments in the book like assessing the conformation, grow rates of cattle will never be examined as they are not lab experiments. Most of the plant experiments, food tests were on the junior science course so there is no excuse for not knowing them.

Also I'm assuming you're referring to the Breen and Mullen book. The weights and yields in there are perfectly acceptable. Milking machine has never been examined to my knowledge except for maybe a question on the methods and reasons for cooling the milk in the bulk tank.

haven't a clue, i never use it, most schools use the other book, if you are in doubt, look up the marking schemes on www.examinations.ie and compare the answers with your book.

it shouldn't make a difference if you are from a city or not in what questions you answer. for what it's worth i'm from a city. I didn't learn about agriculture until i went to college

learn what you understand not what you think will be an easier answered question.

The higher level papers aren't so obsessed with weights anyway. While you can use them to form a point in a question there is so much more information you can put in as well. unless it's a specific question about growth targets for replacement heifers in a dairy herd - then you need to know your weights.

drunknmunky_69 wrote: »

ok thanks so much. that makes me feel so much better. my teacher was advising us to do the crops question even thought we'd only spent about a week in total on it.

i've got a revision sheet done on potatoes and sugar beet, most of what you need to know is on it. i can send you a copy if you want. PM if interested. That and the scientific explanations.

leavo08 wrote: »

thanks so much that really helps..my teacher used the herman geissell book too and it really seems like it hasnt been updated since it was first printed. I think my teacher used notes from the other book and made it seem like he had typed them himself! I really havnt even looked at pigs, poultry, or forestry,should I look at them or concentrate on the wider topics like crops that i have a fair idea of??

don't bother with poultry or forestry, you're just wasting your time. The only thing you need to know about either is the following:

What is the function of the crop and gizzard in chickens?

Why is the practice of thinning trees carried out in forest tree production? (Scientific Explanations)

if you can answer both of those, you don't need to know anything else on those topics.

Pigs rarely comes up as a full question at HL, I think the last time (don't quote me on this) was 1999.
Do bear in mind, there are a lot of things that are common to rearing calves, lambs and piglets/bonhams/bainbhs

rearing of bainbhs in a nutshell:

dock tails so they won't bite each other
dock teeth to prevent harm to sow's teats
make sure they are sucking the sow
keep warm with infra red light
iron injection to prevent anaemia.
introduce ration in first week.