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condition, or past history, which would mark it out as fit for wheat 
■or turnips for next year's crop ? 
2. As to cultivation — (a) What things are essential in the condition 
of land in order to the success of any crop on it ? — (h) Describe the 
cultivation of the turnip crop from seed-time till harvest-time. — 
{c) What are the risks of failure which the turnip crop incurs during 
e;rowth ; and what is the best way of meeting them ? 
3. As to harvest — (a) At what stage of ripeness should wheat, 
barley, oats, respectively, be cut? — (Z>) What is a silo, and how do 
you manage in order to the production of sweet silage or of sour ? 
III.— THE LITE STOCK OF THE FAEM. 
1. Enumerate them — naming all the breeds of each kind, and 
adding a few words descriptive of each breed. 
2. What are the principal ingredients in food as determined by 
chemical analysis ? 
3. What becomes of these several ingredients of any food when 
given — say to a cow in-milk ? 
4. Describe the process of cheese-making. 
Note by the Examiner. 
Write only on one side of your sheet — Don't waste time in intro- 
<luctory remarks — Don't repeat the questions — Answer them in the 
lowest possible words — A few questions thoroughly answered will 
have more weight than any proof you can give of imperfect knowledge 
of many. 
B. MECHANICS AND NATUEAL PHILOSOPHY. 
November lltJi, 1885. Three Hours Allowed. 
1. Define stable and unstable equilibrium. 
A rectangular solid (^e.g. a packing case) is placed on a horizontal 
plane : mention one position in which its equilibrium would be 
stable, and one in which its equilibrium would be unstable. In 
what position would its equilibrium be most stable ? 
2. A force of 100 units acts along a line making an angle of 30^ 
with the vertical ; find its horizontal and vertical components by 
construction or otherwise. 
3. Define the moment of a force with reference to a given point. 
