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III.— CHEMISTRY. 



1. Chemistry. 



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

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

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

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



2. Agricultural Chemistry. 



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

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

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

 composition. Principles on which they should be used. Feeding stutis. 

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

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

 tural Chemistry," A. & C. Black, Edinburgh ; price Gs. 6d. Johnson's " How 

 Crops Grow," 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 birds which prey upon 

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

 those which are destructive to crops. Text-book — Nicholson's " Introductory 

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



2. Geology. 



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

 5. Their influences on the surface soils of the country. 6. The meaning and 

 application of Disintegration, Drift, Alluvium, Dip, Strike, Fault. Page's 

 " Introductory Text -book of Geology ; " and Lyell's Students' " Elements of 

 Geology." 



v.— VETERINARY SURGERY. 



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

 structural dirt'erences. 2. The process of digestion in the above animals, ami 

 food most i)roper for each in quantity and (piality. 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 bo 

 procured. 



VI.— FIELD ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING. 



1. Land-Surv'cying with the Chain. 2. Mensuration of Areas of Lind 

 from a Chain Survey or from a IMan. 3. Levelling with the ordinary Level- 

 lin:4 Instrument and Staff. Ti'xt-books — Any one of the f..ll()wing : — Butler 

 Williams' " Pnictical Geodesy," J. W. Parker, London; price 8s. (Ul; pages 

 1 to 20, 24 to 28,30 to 33, 5fi to 51), 118 to 132. " Cassell on Land- 

 Surveying," Cassdl, P.^tter, it Galpin, London ; or " P.rufV on Land-Survov- 

 iug," Simpkin A' M:uNhall, London; the parts which relate to chain-survf yin.^ 

 and ordinary levelling only. 



