l-i AGRICULTUKAL EDUCATIOX. 



sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and their compoimds. Text-book — Roscoe's 

 " Lessons in Elementary Cliemistry," published by Macmillan & Co., 

 London; price 4s. 6d. 



2. Agricultural Chemistrt. 



Composition of Plants. Ttieir organic and inorganic constituents. Com- 

 position and characters of fertile soils. The principles of manuring. Com- 

 position of farm-yard manure. Artificial manures. Their nature and 

 composition. Princii^les on which they should be used. Feeding stuffs. 

 Their composition and value, and the mode in which they may be most 

 advantageously employed. Text-books — Anderson's '•' Elements of Agricul- 

 tural Chemistry," published by A. & C. Black, Edinburgh ; price <Js. 6d. 

 Johnson's " How Crops Grow," published by Macmillan & Co., London. 



IV. NATURAL HISTORY. 



1. Zoology. 



1. The Primary Divisions of the Animal Kingdom, with examples of each. 

 2. The Vertebrate Kingdom. The peculiarities and functions of the alimen- 

 tary canal, distinguishing the Ruminants. 3. The Orders — Hymenoptera, 

 Diptera, and Coleoptera— with examples of insects injurious to farm crops 

 belonging to each of the Orders — the preservation of bii-ds which prey upon 

 these insects, drawing a distinction between those which are beneficial and 

 those which are destructive to crops. 



2. Geology. 



4. The various strata forming the earth's crust in their order of deposition. 

 ."). Their inflviences on the surface soils of the country. 6. The meaning and 

 application of Disintegration, Drift, Alluvium, Dip, Strike, Fault. 



V. VETERINARY SURGERY. 



1. Anatomy of the digestive organs of horse and ox, describing their 

 structural differences. 2. The process of digestion in the above animals, and 

 food most proper for each in quantity and quality. 3. The management of 

 stock before, at, and after parturition. The time of utero-gestation in the 

 domesticated animals. 4. The general principles to be followed in the treat- 

 ment of very acute disease, before assistance of the veterinary surgeon can be 

 procured. 



VI.— FIELD ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. 



1. Land-Surveying with the Chain. 2. Mensuration of Areas of Land, 

 from a Chain Survey or from a Plan. 3. Levelling with tlie ordinary Level- 

 ling Instrument and Staff. Text-books — Any one of the following : — Butler 

 Williams' "Practical Geodesy," published by J. W. Parker, London; price 

 8s. 6d.; pages 1 to 20, 24 to 28, 30 to 33, 56 to 59, 118 to 132. " Cassell 

 on Land-Surveying," published by Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, Londcui ; or 

 " Bruft" oil Land-Surveying," published by Simpkiu & ^larshall, London; the 

 i:)arts which relate to chain-surveying and ordinary levelling only. 



VII.— BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTS. 



1. Questions in practice and proportion. 2. Book-keeping — Describe 

 books to be kept ; give examples — taking of stock. Text-book — Stephen'.? 

 " Practical System of Farm Book-keeping," publi-shed by Wm. Blackwood & 

 Sons, Edinburgh ; price 2s. Cd. 



