12 AGRICULTUEAL EDUCATION. 



VIII. That each successful candidate for the Society's Agricultural 

 Diploma shall thereby become eligible to be elected a free life member of the 

 Society, 



IX. That the Society shall grant annually ten bursaries of L.20 each; and 

 five of L.IO each, to be competed for by pupils of schools to be approved of 

 by the Directors, which include or are willing to introduce the teaching of 

 chemistry, and the following branches of natural science — physical geography, 

 botany, and geology, i]ito their curriculum. 



X. That the L.20 bursaries shall be tenable for one year at the University 

 of Edinburgh, for the purpose of enabling the holders to take the classes 

 iiecessary to qualify for the Society's Certificate or Diploma ; and the L.IO 

 bursaries to be tenable for the same period to enable the holders to receive 

 another year's preparation at the schools, 



XI. That the bursaries shall be determined by examination held in Edin- 

 burgh by the Society's Examiners. 



XII. That a Standing Acting Committee of the Council on Agricultural 

 Education shall be ajppointed by the Directors. 



SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION 



FOR CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMA. 



X— SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE, MECHANICS, 



AND CONSTRUCTION. 



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

 for heaA'y 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 dijfferent 

 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 

 <;onstruction and use, and their prices. Text-books — Stephen's " Book of the 

 Parm," William Blackwood & Sons ; price 50s. Morton's '• Cyclopsedia of 

 Agriculture," Blackie & Son, Glasgow: price 50s. Roscoe's "Lessons in 

 .Elementary Chemistry," 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. 



XL— BOTANY. 



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

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

 leaves. Difi'erent 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 enibrj^o. 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 

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

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



