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11. Of the four optional subjects, the Examiners in Botany and 
Geology (Mr. W. Carruthers and Prof. Rupert Jones) make no 
comments upon the quality of the papers in these subjects. The 
Examiner in Anatomy and Animal Physiology (Prof. J. B. Simonds) 
reports that the papers upon the whole are scarcely equal to those 
of former years, and some of the candidates omitted to answer all 
the questions. The subject of Agricultural Entomology is included 
in the syllabus for the first time this year ; and it is gratifying to 
find that considerable attention appears to have been devoted to it 
by the students. Only one candidate failed out of ten who entered for 
the subject, whilst two obtained full marks. The Examiner (Miss 
E. A. Ormerod) expresses satisfaction that " students are now taught 
to combat insect attacks by agricultural measures, which is a great 
advance on former days ; " and she points out " the importance of 
agricultural students being instructed how to distinguish better 
between the grub of a fly, of a beetle, and of a moth." 
12. The Table on p. 423gives the marks assigned by the Examiners 
to the work done by each candidate in the several subjects. 
June 3, 1890. (Signed) John Dent Dext, Chairman. 
EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTURE. 
Maximum Number op Maeks fob this Papeb, 200. Pass Numbeb, 100. 
Tuesday, May 13r#, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 
1. Give a detailed inventory, with prices, of the live and dead stock requisite 
at this date, for a farm of 650 acres — 150 acres of which are good dairy or fat- 
tening pasture and meadow ; 200 acres dry, friable, arable land ; and 300 acres 
upland sheep-walk. 
2. Sketch suitable buildings for this farm, including cottages for the 
labourers, and append a descriptive schedule. 
3. Shortly describe the management of a herd (state breed) where the cows, 
in addition to dairy produce, are intended to provide bullocks to be fattened 
on the pastures, and heifers to keep up the herd. 
4. What gross profits would you expect per head per annum, and state how 
derived ; from (a) the cows, (b) their produce, until the latter are sold fat or 
returned to the herd for breeding ? 
5. What means would you use to ascertain the value of an animal jvhen ripe 
for the butcher ? 
G. Give a rotation of crops for the arable land on the Farm in question No. 1. 
State acreage on each share, and gross value per acre, of an average crop at 
current prices. 
7. How man} r acres should a man and a pair of horses ridge up for mangel 
in a day of 0 hours 1 State width of ridges. 
8. What manures would you apply for mangel, including farmyard dung ? 
State quantity and cost per acre of each variety. 
9. Describe the implements used, and the process of cultivation for a grain 
crop, of a field where turnips had been folded with sheep ; state approximate 
date of sowing, kind and quantity of seed per acre. 
10. Describe the subsequent preparation and the sowing down of the same 
land with grass find clover seeds to lie three years (1st year hay, and 2 years 
pasture). State what varieties of seeds you would use, with the quantity and 
cost of each per acre. 
11. State what breed of sheep you would keep in the Midlands, and describe 
