12 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



soils — systems of farming. 3. The composition of (a) manures — farmyard 

 and artificial — period and mode of application. The composition of (6) 

 feeding substances — their suitability for different classes of farm stock — 

 considerations affecting their use. 4. " How crops grow" — our farm crops 

 — their cultivation — diseases — insect injuries and remedies — their chemical 

 composition. The formation and management of plantations. 5. The 

 principles on which drainage, irrigation, and warping operations should be 

 based and carried out. The application of lime — marl — clay, &c. 6 

 Meteorology, or the laws of climate as affecting plant life — the influence of 

 light and heat on cultivation — of absorption and retention of heat and 

 moisture — of porosity and capillarity in soils. 8. The breeding, rearing, 

 feeding, and general treatment of farm stock— the different breeds of cattle 

 and sheep — their characteristics — the districts where they are generally met 

 with. 9. The machines and implements used in farming — their uses — and 

 the principal points to be attended to in their construction. The " prime 

 movers," or sources of power used in agriculture — man — horse — wind — 

 water— steam, — their relative values and advantages. Text-hool:^ — Morton's 

 "Cyclopedia of Agriculture," Blackie & Son ; "Our Farm Crops," Blackie 

 and Son ; " How Crops Grow," Macmillan & Co. ; Roscoe's " Elementary 

 Chemistry," Macmillan & Co. ; Lindley's, Henfrey's, or Balfour's " Botany ;" 

 Page's " Geological Text- Book," Blackwood & Sons. 



II.— BOTANY. 



1. Nutritiv^e 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 plant or embryo. Sprouting of the 

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

 the terms Class, Order, Genus, Species. Illustrations of natural orders taken 

 from plants used in agriculture, such as grain-crops, grasses, clovers, vetches, 

 turnips, mangold-wurzel, peas, beans, &c. Practical examination in fresh 

 specimens and models ; some of the latter may be seen in the Museum,. at 

 the Roval Botanic Garden, which is open dailv to the public, free. Text- 

 ?,oo/j— Balfour's " Elements of Botany," A. & C. Black, 1876 ; price 3s. 6d. 



III.— CHEMISTRY. 



The general principles of chemical combination. The chemistry of the 

 more commonly occurring elements, and their more important compounds. 

 The chemical processes concerned in agriculture generally. The changes 

 which take place in the germination, growth, and maturation of plants, in 

 the weathering and manuring of soils, &c. The composition and chemical 

 character of the common mineral manures. Text-hooks — Roscoe's "Lessons 

 in Elementary Chemistry," Macmillan & Co., London ; price 4s. 6d. Ander- 

 son's " Elements of Agricultural Chemistry," A. & C. Black, Edinburgh ; 

 price 6s. 6d. Johnson's " How Crops Grow," Macmillan & Co., London. 



lY.— 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 birds which prey upon 

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

 those v^•hich are destructive to crops. Te.r^&oo/j— Nicholson's " Introductory 

 Text-Book of Zoology," William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London. 



