'22 AGEICULTURA.L EDUCATION. 



ARITHMETIC AND BOOK-KEEPING. 



1. Add together I, IS^^, and f of 9t. 



2. Find the difference between 10 and '0002. Multiply '562 by -00074, 

 and divide -7644 by -0052. 



3. I buy a field for £1000, for which I receive £30 a year of rent, which 

 I invest as soon as I receive it at 4 per cent, compound interest. At the 

 end of three years I sell the field for £1030— What have I lost or gained 

 by buying the field, instead of investing the purchase money on the same 

 terms that I invested the rent ? 



4. If 144 men can dig a trench 40 yards long, 1 foot 6 inches broad, and 

 48 feet deep, in three days of 10 hours each, how long must another trench 

 5 feet deep and 2 feet 3 inches broad l)e, in order that 51 men may dig it in 

 15 days of 9 hours each ? 



*5. A and B rent a field for £60. A puts in 10 horses for 1| months, 

 30 oxen for 2 months, and 100 sheep for 3| months. B puts in 20 horses 

 for 1 month, 40 oxen for 1 J months, and 200 sheep for 4 months. K the 

 food consumed by a horse, an ox, and a sheep in the same time be in the 

 proportion of 3, 2, and 1, find how much of the rent each should pay. 



6. Find the value of 11 tons 17 cwts. 1 qr. at £7, 7s. 4|d. per ton. Also 

 45 acres 3 roods 20 poles at £111, lis. 4d. per acre. 



7. Name the different books a farmer ought to keep, so as to have an 

 accurate note of his transactions ; also their nature and use. Assuming the 

 books you have named were to be adopted by a farmer, to what particular 

 book or Ijooks, and to what particular account or accounts would the fol- 

 lowing entries appearing in his note-book be transferred : — 



On farm 1st January 1887 — 



1. 8 Cattle, ... at £ 



2. 5 Horses, . . . „ 



3. 10 Pigs, . . . „ 



4. 150 Sheep, . . . „ 



5. 4 Stacks wheat, each of 30 qrs., „ 



6. 15 Stacks oats, each of 35 qrs., „ 



7. 50 tons turnips, . . „ 



8. Implements per valuation, 



9. Balance at credit of Bank Account, 



10. Cash on hand, .... 



11. Jan. 5.— Bought from Todd & Co. 



oil cake at £2, 10s. 

 delivery, . 



12. „ 8. — Drawn from bank, . 



Todd & Co. for oil cake, . . £87 10 



13. „ 8.— Paid M-ages, 23 4 



14. „ 12.— Sold at ""Haddington Market to- 



day 50 shee]) to T. Torrance, 

 butcher, at nett £2, 10s. p. head, 

 and received his acceptance 

 therefor at 3 mos., . . . £125 

 15 „ 13, — Discounted T. Torrance accept- 

 ance, dated 12th iust. at 3 mos., 125 

 Less discount, . . . 1 16 8 



£123 3 4 

 ♦ This question need only be auswerert if time permits. 



