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AaRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



Examination Papers, 1874. 



EXAMINATION IN AGEICULTUEE. 



Maximum Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 



Tlmrsday, Ajpril 16th, from 10 a.m. till Ip.m. 



1. Describe a Homestead — namely, buildings, yards, or courts, with 

 tlieir general arrangement, dimensions, and internal fittings and 

 furniture, suitable for 400 acres arable of medium soil in the Midland 

 district of England ; tlie cropping consisting of one-fifth roots, one- 

 fifth artificial grasses, and the remainder corn ; sixty cattle of all ages 

 to be wintered; ten cows to calve in the spring, the calves to be 

 brought up by hand, and twenty bullocks to be fattened in boxes. 



2. Describe the order of horse and manual operations throughout 

 one year in the field cultivation of a farm consisting of 400 acres 

 arable, cropped as above, and of 200 acres of old pasture, one-fifth 

 mown for hay; a breeding flock kept, and half the lambs or tegs 

 wintered. 



3. Write an inventory of the field implements, carriages, and barn 

 and feeding-house machinery on such a farm, supposing no steam- 

 cultivation to be adopted, and the land of such a character that a pair 

 of horses can plough an acre per day six inches deep. 



4. What are about the ordinary prices for a general-purpose one- 

 horse cart, a set of harness for a shaft-horse, a corn-dressing machine, 

 and an eight-horse-power portable steam-engine, all purchased of the 

 best makers ? 



5. Give full directions for sotting down and working a set of 

 " round-about" or stationary-engine tackle, with self-moving anchors, 

 in smashing up a stubble on heavy clay soil. 



6. State at what age a heifer should drop her first calf, and describe 

 the signs of approaching calving, the position of the foetus in ordinary 

 presentations, the attention or assistance requisite from the herdman, 

 the best treatment for a calf brought up away from the mother, the 

 details of feeding and management, changes in the food, and other 

 matters connected with the rearing of calves till they are nine months 

 old. 



7. Give particulars of the feeding and management, breeding, 

 rearing, and breaking-in of farm horses. 



