AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



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1887. Alfred Henry Ixmax, Muirpark, 



Eskbank, Dalkeith. 

 1887. Khosheroo B. J.^dh.w.v, Baroda, 



Bombay. 



The following have obtained 



1887. Walter Frank Perkins, Ports- 

 wood House, Southaiiipton. 



1887. P.-VNDIT Srilal, Misra, Mahaban, 

 Dist. Muthra, N.W.P., India. 



Second Class Certificates. 



1876. 



1876. 

 1877. 

 1877. 



1878. 



1878. 

 1879. 



1880. 



1880. 

 1880. 

 1880. 



1881. 



1881. 

 1881. 



Andrew Catton, Couston, Aber- 



dour, Fife. 

 John Fleming, Coates, Penicuik. 

 John T. T. Scoular, Edinburgh. 

 Robert H. Wallace, Newton 



Hall, Windygates. 

 J.VMES Gillespie, Halfmark, Cor- 



sock, Dalbeattie. 

 JA.MES S. Innes, Edinburgh. 

 Robert M. Traill, Hobbister, 



Orkney. 

 Andrew Chapman, Breckonhill, 



Lockerbie. 

 James Sutherland, Wick. 

 William R. Tait, Wick. 

 Francis Underwood, Sy well Hall, 



Northampton. 

 John M. Little, jun., Bonnington 



House, Blackheath, London. 

 Samuel Naismith, Edinburgh. 

 John S. Peter, 5 Ravelston Place, 



Edinburgh. 



1883. Herbert G. Aylen, Hazeldean 

 Farm, St Albans. 



1883. John K. Ledingham, Slap, Turriff. 



1884. Ale.x. Johnstone, Edinburgh. 



1884. W. M'Lennan, Lewis Estate 



Office, Stornoway. 



1885. Donald Brims, Knapperfield, 



Watten. 



1886. Robert D. Davidson, Cogle, 



Watten, Caithness. 



1887. John Barker, Cockden,Briercliffe- 



Burnley, Lancashire. 



1887. Christopher Drieberg, Colombo, 

 Ceylon. 



1887. Patrick R. Murison, Forfarshire. 



1887. C. T. A. Robertson, Kensworth 

 Lodge, Merchiston, Edinburgh. 



1887. Robert Gordon, Gordonston, 

 Clatt, Kennethmont. 



1887. James Kerr, Mid Kelton, Castle- 

 Douglas. 



SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION 



FOR CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMA. 



L— SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. 



1. Geolo:?ical strata — surface "eolofTy — formation of soils — their classi- 

 fication — chemical and physical characters and composition — suitability tor 

 cultivation. 2. The principle of rotations — rotations suitable for different 

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

 special — amounts used per acre — period and mode of apjDlication. The 

 composition of {b) feeding substances — their suitability for difl'erent 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 planta- 

 tions. 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 afl'ecting plant 

 life — the influence of light and heat on cultivation — of absorption and 

 retention of heat and moisture— of porosity and capillarity in soils. 7. 

 The breeding, rearing, feeding, and general treatment of farm stock — the 

 different breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs — their characteristics — 

 the districts where they are generally met with. 8. The machines and 

 implements used in farming — their uses, prices, and the principal points to 

 be attended to in their construction. 9. The " prime movers," or sources 



man — horse — wind — water — steam — their 

 Text-hooks — Morton's "Cyclopedia of Agri- 



used in agriculture 



of power ..o^^ ^.. ^^ 

 relative values and advantage 



