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2. ANIMAL-KNOWLEDGE. 



The course will include lectures and demonstrations on animals bene- 

 ficial and injurious to the agriculturist. The following will be studied 

 in detail : A one-celled anim.al e.g. amoeba or paramoecium, liver-fluke, 

 eaithworm, snail, grasshopper, blights, scales, ladybird, bee, ant, wasp, 

 codlin moth, wireworm, apple-borer^^ and other commoo local insects. The 

 spider, tick, fish, frog, bird, domestic fowl, rabbit, sheep, horse, cow, 

 pig- 



3. CLIMATOLOGY. 



The seasons. Atmosphere. Fo^ms of water. Thermometer. Baro- 

 meter. Hydrometer. Systematic weather observations. Weather predic- 

 tions. The weather of Victoria and its causes. 



4. PHYSICS. — 



Measurement of \'elocity and capacity. Acceleration. Laws of motion. 

 Mass. Weight. Specific gravity. Momentum. Force. Principle of 

 moments. Equilibrium. Measurement of work. Matter. Energy. 

 Power. Transmission of pressure. Boyle's Law. 



Pump, artesian well, cream-separator, Babcock's tester, milking 

 machine, farm implements. 



Heat and temperature. Specific and latent heat. 



Expansion, evaporation, ebullition. 



Convection, conduction, radiation. 



5. CHEMISTRY. 



Practical exercises in the following : 



Common materials, water, principal salts, rocks and earths. 



Properties of liquids and solids. Acids and their properties. 



Air and its properties. Acids and metals. Rusting of iron. 



Burning. Limestone. Ammonia and other alkalies. 



Interaction of acids and alkalies. 



Equivalent weights. Hydrochloric acid and chlorine. 



Combination h\ Nolume. Molecular weights. Carbon and its .com- 

 pounds with oxxgen. Common organic substances, e.g. sugar, 

 starch. Compounds of nitrogen. Sulphur and its compounds. 



Phosphorus and some of its compounds. 



The chemistry of carbonate of lime and quicklime; common salt; 

 sodium ; caustic soda and sodium carbonate ; sulphurous acid, 

 sulphuric acid, hydrogen sulphide, sulphur and sulphates ; 

 magnesium, magnesia and magnesium sulphate; bone-ash, and 

 phosphoric acid ; clay, silica and alumina. 



The fundamental chemical laws. Use of chemical formulas and 

 equations. Simple chemical calculations. 



PHYSICAL.— Geography. 



Simple methods for determining the shape and size of the earth ; 

 changes of time and place of sunrise and sunset. 



Meridian altitude of sun at different times. 



Movements of the earth; proofs and eftects of its rotation and revolu- 

 tion. Determination of latitude and longitude by simnle methods. Con- 

 ditions governing climate. Trade winds, land and sea bree/es, monsoons, 

 cyclones, anti -cyclones. 



Buys Ballot's Law of ike Wittds. 



The principal ocean currents. 



