Pricking out

After you have planted seeds and the seedlings have germinated you have to prick out some of the plants to make room for the other plants. Pricking out Lessens the competition for light, food, water and room. Also the plants are made stronger becausethey have more of the necessary requirements.

Worming sheep

To kill worms in sheep you use antibiotics. The school farm has a drip full of Liquid antibiotics which you inject into the sheep’s mouth.To do this you nedd to turn the sheep on it’s back, by putting it in front of youAnd pulling it’s furthest legs from you, underneath it and so it rolls on it’s back.This is a safe way and doesn’t harm the sheep.

Hedge planting

When planting a hedge you put in a spade a spit deep and make a gap. In the gap you put in the hedge plant. Around the plant you place a plastic case and you attach it to a wooden pole which is sunk in the ground next to the hedge plant.

Planting potatoes

To plant potatoes you wouldFirstly rake the plot to give a Level area to work with. ThenYou would use a 1m ruler toSpace out the small potatoesEvenly. After you would place Them about 10 cm in the soil And firm the ground. After plantingAnything you water it and thenKeep it damp throughout the growingPeriod.

Feeding the calvesWhen feeding young calves you make a up a milk substitute to give themtheir needed protein and nutrients.you put in 1 measure of milk powder toa bucket of luke warm water.

Cleaning out the chickens

When you clean out chickens firstlyYou shut them indoors so you can clean the outside partOf their pen. You get a spade to get out as much of the waste asPossible. Then with a hose and big weeping brush you hose downThe outside of the pen and sweep out the rest of the waste. You do this Until no more muck can be taken out of the pen. If you leaveChickens in a mucky pen they will get wet feet and couldLead to them having foot rot.

Sowing seeds

1. Get a tray and fill it with compost.2. Level the compost.3. With a pencil, put holes in the compost with equal spacing.4. Put a seed in each hole.5. Sprinkle with compost and firm down.6. Then water the tray to finish.

Testing the Ph of soil

Equipment1. Test tube2. Soil3. Spatula4. Ph soil tester kit

Method1. Put in 3 spatulas of soil in a test tube