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AGEICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Examination Papers, 1871. 
EXAMINATION IN AGEICULTUEE. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100, 
Tuesday, Ap-il 18th. Morning, 10 a.m. till 1p.m. 
1. A farm of 300 acres of arable land is delivered over to an 
incoming tenant at Michaelmas, with 100 acres after a wheat croj^, 
90 acres after barley, 30 acres after beans, the remainder in clover of 
one year's ley, and swedes. 
The incoming tenant desires to manage it on the four-field system ; 
illustrate the cropi)ing for the first three years, whereby this end may 
be obtained with the least loss of production. 
2. Given a farm of 500 acres of arable land and 50 acres of pastm-e. 
The arable land is of the following character : — 200 acres of thin weak 
soil resting on the chalk ; 200 acres of deeper land with greater sub- 
stance ; and the remainder a mixture of marly clay resting on the 
green sand. Give systems of cropping adapted to each variety of soil, 
and showing the area of corn of different varieties, pulse and root crops 
to be grown each year. 
In the above cases the farms are assumed to be in the neighbourhood 
of Cirencester, so as to give data of climate and elevation. 
2. State the quantity and character of stock which should be kept 
on the preceding farm. 
4. What should be a proper expenditure per acre in manual labour 
on a farm of the above character, distinguishing the amount incident 
to the horse labour and cultivation, harvesting and converting the 
produce ; and the amount which may bo reasonably expended in inci- 
dentals ? 
5. What modifications should be made in the rotation and manage- 
tnent if these farms were in South Wales or the Eastern Counties ? 
6. What soil should be selected and management adopted to secure 
the largest possible crop of mangold wurzel ? 
7. Give the proportion of corn crops and pulse under the ordinary 
application of the 3-, 4-, and 5-field courses. 
8. Give an estimate in detail of the cost of cultivation per acre for 
a crop of swedes and a crop of wheat on an average loam worth 30«. 
per acre. 
Afternoon, vivti voce examination commencing at 2 o'cIocJc. 
