cxlvi Agricultural Education — Examination Papers, 1879. 
self at 3Z. per acre. You are accustomed to buy cattle at 2i years 
old at about 18/. apiece in the autumn, and after wintering them in 
straw-yards with a small quantity of roots and 1 lbs. of cake per diem, 
you graze them on the land in question ; what would you consider a 
fair average price to make of them from grass without allowing them 
any cake during the grazing season ? 
20. Classify the most important breeds of British sheep and cattle, 
and state the localities in which they are usually to be found. 
EXAMINATION IN BOTANY. 
[It is expected that Eight Questions at least will be answered.] 
Maximum Numbee of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 
Tuesday, April Sth, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 
1. Explain the phenomena of nutrition in a unicellular alga. 
2. Give an account of the influence of light and heat on a plant. 
3. Explain the difference between an albuminous and an exalbumi- 
nous seed. What is the use of albumen, and how do plants get on 
that are without it ? 
4. Give an account with drawings of the structure and different 
parts of a grain of wheat. 
•5. What is meant by insect agency in fertilization ? Give some 
examples from British plants. 
6. What are the benefits that may be expected from selected 
hybridization ? Specify the affinities within which it may be carried out. 
7. Explain the nature and relation to the different parts of the 
flower of the following fruits : — Strawberry, Mulberry, Barberry, and 
tUranberry. 
8. What are smut and bunt ? What action would you recommend 
to prevent their attacking crops ? 
9. Give the technical names and Natural Orders of the turnip, beet, 
carrot, onion, and potato. 
10. Name and describe in technical language the plants A, B, 
and C. 
EXAMINATION IN CHEMISTKY. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
I. Agricultural Chemistry. 
Wednesday, April 9th, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
[ 1. What are the principal chemical characters of Peat, and the best 
means of improving peaty soils ? 
