AGUICULTUKxVL EDUCATION. 



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1867. 



1868. 



1873. 



1875. 



1875. 



1875. 

 1876. 



1876. 



1876. 

 1876. 

 1878. 



1879. 



1880. 



1880. 



1876. 



1876. 

 1877. 

 1877. 



1878. 



1878. 

 1879. 



1880. 



1880. 



e fallowing have passed — 



For First Class Certificate. 



J. C. BowsTEAD, M.R.A.C., Halk- 



thorpe Hall, Penrith. 

 James Taylor, Clashfarquhar, 



R. C. B. Willis, M.R.A.C, Chel- 

 tenham. 



George H. Catt, 44 Middle Street, 

 Brighton. 



1880. James M'Laggan, Cobbleheugh, 

 Dinnet, Aberdeenshire. 



1880. R. A. xMalloch, Balhaldie, Braco, 

 Perthshire. 



1881. Daniel Baix, Wick. 



1881. Alfred Hardle, Oxford House, 

 Stockport. 



1882. Daniel Finlayson, Wick. 

 Robert Ewing, Reporter, late Edin- 1882. Benjamin Hepburn, Preston jMains, 



burgh. I Prestonkirk. 



John Scott, Howford, Selkirk. ! 1882. James Rodger, Inchock, Arbroath. 

 Cecil C. Baker, 2 Blooiusbury ; 1883. Walter de Houghton Birch, The 



Place, London. Warren, Wootteu-under-Edge. 



Percy H. Cathcart, 16 Oakley i 1883. Alex. H. Gibson, Kirkcaldy. 



Square, London. i 1883. Arthur Herbert Kerr, Crook- 



JoHN M'Caig, Kilhilt, Stranraer. ; ham, Farnham. 



1883. Patrick L. Maitland, Perrymead 

 House, Bath. 



1883. John Malcolm, 60 Bath Row, Bir- 

 mingham. 



1883. Henry B. Mayne, Brantridge, 

 Balcomb, Sus'je.x. 



1883. Robert Rouse Peter, 5 Ravelston 

 Place, Edinburgh. 



C. E. M. Russell, Ballielisk, Dollar. 

 W. M. Anderson, Pirntaton, 



Stow. 

 Michael Falcon, Staiuburn,Work- 



ington. 

 William Brown, Watten Mains, 



Caithness. 

 Alex. Inglis, Kenmore, Aberfeldy. 



For Second Class Certificate. 



Andrew Catton, Couston, Aber- 



dour, Fife. 

 John Fleming, Coates, Penicuik. 

 John T. T. Scoular, Edinburgh. 

 Robert H. Wallace, Newton Hall, 



Windygates. 

 James Gillespie, Halfmark, Cor- 



sock, Dalbeattie. 

 James S. Tnnes, Edinburgh. 

 Robert M. Traill, Hobbister, 



Orkney. 

 Andrew Chapman, Breckonhill, 



Lockerbie. 

 James Sutherland, Wick. 



1880. William R. T.ut, Wick. 



1880. Francis Underwood, Sywell Hall, 



Northampton. 



1881. John M. Little, jun., Bonnington 



House, Blackheuth, London. 

 1881. Samuel Nais>uth, Edinburgh. 

 1881. John S. Peter, 5 Ravelston Place, 



Edinburgh. 

 1883. Herbert G. Aylen, Hazeldeau 



Farm, St Albans. 

 1883. R. J. Campbell, Slagnaw, Castle 



Douglas. 

 1883. John K. Ledingham, Slap, Turrili'. 



SYLLABUS OF EXAMINATION 



FOR CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMA. 



L— SCIE^X'E AND PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE. 



1. Geological strata — surface {jeology — fornuition of soils — their classi- 

 ficati(jn — chemical and physical ciiaracters and composition — suitability for 

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

 soils — .systems of farming. 3. The composition of {a) manures — farm-yard 

 and artificial — period and mode of application. The composition of (6) 

 feeding substances — their .suitability for ditferent classes oi farm stock — 

 con.sidi;rations atfecting tlieir u.se. 4. "How crops grow" — our farm crops 

 — their cultivation — diseases — insect injuries and remedies — their chemical 

 composition. The f(jrnuition and nuinagenicnt of plantations. 5. The 

 principles on which drainage, irrigation, and warping oi)erations shoidd be 

 biwed and carried out. The application of lime — marl — clay, &c. 6. 

 Meteorology, ot the laws of climate as all'ecting plant life — the intluence of 

 light and heat on cultivation — of absorption and retention of heat and 



