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Horse. 



6. Give natural history of the horse? 



7. Give three rules that apply in breeding horses? 



8. Give points of diiference between a Suffolk Punch and Englishshire? Give 



points of difference between a Cleveland Bay and Clydesdale. Give 

 points of difference between a Percheron and Thoroughbred? 



9. Period of gestation in mare? What food and management should she 



have during this period? 

 a. What sign would indicate a stain or defect in the pedigree of a thorough- 

 bred? 



SECOND HALF TERM SOPHOMORE EXAMINATION, 



Feeding of Animals. (Steivarts.) 



1. What important elements of animal and vegetable substances are identi- 



cal? 



2. What must the food of animals contain? How does the work of the 



plant differ from that of the animal? 



3. Define and give examples of a nutrient — a ration? 



a. What three groups of nutrients are contained in plants? Give exam- 

 ples of each and effects of feeding either alone. 



4. Name three principles of alimentation? 



5. What % of gain will cattle, sheep and swine make per lOOlb dried sub- 



stance consumed, per Mr. Lawes' experiments? 

 a. What proportion of a full rat on is food of growth? 



6. How should the food of young animals differ from that of mature ones? 



Give examples of foods suited to each. 



7. Give details and results of Prof. Horsfall's experiment in feeding dairy 



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cows? 



8. Best foods for horses and best methods of preparing them? . 



9. Philosophy of cooking food for stock? Will it pay? 



10. Which would be preferable to enrich a Michigan farm, commercial foods 

 or commercial fertilizers? Give reasons for reply. 



SENIOR EXAMINATION. 



1. Define economy as applied to the farm? (1) in purchase, use and care of 



implements, {'l) buying and selling, (3) selection and care of animals, 

 (■4) general management. 



2. State four important principles in breeding? 



a. What is a pedigree and what gives it value? 



b. What is meant by an outcross? Is it objectionable in a pedigree? 



c. How does in and in breeding affect offspring? 



3. Give important consideration* in locating and erecting farm buildings. 



a. Utility vs. Beauty in Architecture? 



b. Order and neatness about premises? 



4. Give rotation of crops ou College farm? Criticise same? 

 a Is it a good practice to fallow land? 



b. What factors require careful attention in mixed husbandry? 



5. Give best methods of making, saving and applying barnyard manure? 



Upon what does its value depend? 



6. On what soils and crops can salt, lime and plaster be used profitably? 



7. What position did agriculture occupy in the older civilizations? 



