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Agriculture for Secondary Schools


               and stems, that provide feed for grazing  Heterozygosity
               animals or that can be harvested for     the state of possessing two different
               stall feeding or preserved for later use  forms of a allele, one inherited from
                                                        each parent
            Gambrel cradle
               a wooden or metal  frame  for  Hen
               suspending a slaughtered animal          a female bird especially domestic
                                                        fowl
            Gestation
               period of time within which pregnancy  Hepatitis
               is carried  up from conception  to       an inflammation of the liver which is
               giving birth in mammals                  characterised with a red, painful and
                                                        often swollen liver or part of liver
            Growing medium/media
               the material  which facilitates root  Hide
               growth and provides physical support     the natural outer layer which covers
               for the  plant  as well  as nutrients,   large animals such as cattle  and
               water and air to the plant through its   buffalo
               roots                                 Hoist

            Hatchery                                    a lifting device for raising and hanging
               a unit which produces Day Old Chicks     an animal upside down, often shortly
               (DOC) for commercial  purpose,           prior to slaughter
               whether layers or broilers            Homozygosity
            Hay bale                                    the state of possessing two identical
               a rectangular or cylindrical  bundle     forms of a allele, one inherited from
               of hay usually produced by a manual      each parent
               bale press or mechanised baler        Host
                                                        a plant or animal that another plant or
            Haystack                                    animal lives on as a parasite
               a pile of hay in a field
                                                     Hydroponics
            Health                                       the cultivation  of crops by placing
               the condition of the animal body or      the roots in liquid nutrient solution
               plant and the degree to which it is free   instead of soil
               from illness. It also refers to the state
               of being well                         Improvise
                                                        designing and production of tools,
            Heifer                                      materials or techniques from locally
               a young or immature cow above 12         available resources in order to facilitate
               months of age that has not yet had a     doing of the intended task or activity in
               calf                                     the absence of standard or sophisticated

                                                        tools, materials or techniques


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