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3. R. C. Bruce Willis, M.R A.C., 8 Lansdowne Crescent, Chel- I ,„-,„ 



tenham, / ^^''^ 



4. John Bramwell, Blackaddie, Sanquhar, . . . 1875 



5. George Henry Catt, 44 Middle Street, Brighton, . . 1875 



6. Robert Ewing, Reporter, North British Agriculturist, Edin., . 1875 



7. A. A. Ferguson, Gosfield, Essex, .... 1875 



8. John Scott, Howford, Selkirk, .... 1875 



For Bursary of L.20. 



Alexander Sutherland, Rampyards, Watten, Golspie. Public 



School, Gersay, ...... 1875 



SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION 



FOR CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMA. 



I.— SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE, MECHANICS, 



AND CONSTRUCTION. 

 1. The principles of rotation. Rotations of cropping in most common use 

 for heavy and for light soils. 2. Manures in ordinary use — usual quantities 

 applied per acre — time and mode of application — their composition and rela- 

 tive values and uses. 3. Composition and classification of soils — their agri- 

 cultural treatment. 4. The various farm crops — their cultivation, general 

 treatment, and marketable value — ordinary produce per acre, and the different 

 modes of storing them. 5. The breeding, rearing, feeding, and humane 

 treatment of the live stock of the farm — the different breeds — their character- 

 istics — the districts where they are principally met with — and also the best 

 and most humane system of horse-breaking. 6. Drainage operations. 

 7. The implements used in agriculture, the points to be attended to in their 

 construction and use, and their prices. Text-books — Stej^hen's " Book of the 

 Farm," published by William Blackwood & Sons ; price 50s. Morton's 

 " Cyclopa'dia of Agriculture," published by Blackie & Son, Glasgow; price 

 50s. Roscoe's " Lessons in Elementary Chemistry," published by Macmillan 

 & Co., London; price 4s. 6d. Lindley's, Henfrey's (4s. 6d.), or Balfour's 

 (3s. 6d.) " Botany." Page's " Geological Text-Book ;" price 7s. 6d. 



II.— BOTANY. 



1. Nutritive Organs of Plants — root, stem, leaves. Functions of roots. 

 Various kinds of stems, with examples. Use of the stem. Structure of 

 leaves. Different kinds of leaves. Arrangement and functions of leaves. 

 2. Reproductive Organs — Flower and its parts. Arrangements of the whorls 

 of the flower — calyx, corolla, stamens, pistil. Ovule. Mature pistil or fruit. 

 Pruning and grafting. Seed. Young plants or embryo. Sprouting of the 

 seed, or germination. 3. General Principles of Classification — meaning of 

 the terms Class, Order, Genus, Species. Illustrations taken from plants used 

 in agriculture, such as grain-crops, grasses, clovers, vetches, turnips, mangold- 

 wurzel, pease, beans, &c. Practical Examination in fresh Specimens and 

 Models; some of the latter may be seen in the Museum, at the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, which is open daily to the public, free. Text-book — Balfour's 

 " Elements of Botany," published by A. & C. Black, 1876; price 3s. 6d. 



Ill— CHEMISTRY. 

 1. Chemistry. 

 The laws of chemical combination. Atomic theory. Chemistry of the 

 non-metallic elements, and their more important compounds. Potassium, 



