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AaRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Examination Papers, 1873. 
EXAMINATION IN AGEICULTUEE. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
Tuesday, April 22nd, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
1. What considerations would influence you in the selection of a 
farm this year ? 
2. Is Lady-day or Michaelmas the best time of entering an occupa- 
tion of about equal parts of grass and arable land ? State reasons for 
your decision. 
3. What principles should be kept in view in the breeding of 
stock? 
4. Describe the most suitable method of cropping for light, medium, 
and strong soils. 
5. Supposing you occupy a light land farm of 500 acres, four-fifths 
of which is arable, and one-fifth of rather inferior grass. What 
quantity and description of stock should you keep, and when would 
you dispose of it ? 
6. Describe the cultivation for roots on the before-mentioned farm, 
assuming the land to be moderately clean, and give the cost of each 
operation in detail. 
7. Estimate the cost of securing the grain harvest on this farm. 
8. Describe the buildings necessary for the most profitable occupa- 
tion of such a farm. 
9. Mention the different methods of making farmyard manure, and 
show the difference in the consumption of straw under each process ; 
also compare their relative value, and state the efiect of corn and cake 
feeding upon this question. 
10. Describe the management, and give the cost, of keeping a flock 
of 200 breeding ewes from harvest time until after the lambing 
season. 
The viva voce examination commences at 2 o'clock. 
