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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Emmination Papers, 1887. 
EXAMINATION IN AGEICDLTUEE. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
Wednesday, May 11th, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
1. Give the amount of capital required for a farm, mixed husbandry, 
of 500 acres strong land ; 100 acres pasture, and 400 arable ; the 
arable land carrying sheep in winter on turnips. 
2. How should the sum be expended ? 
(a) Amount in stock ? 
(6) Amount in implements ? 
(c) Amount to be retained for current expenses ? 
3. Give a list of the principal implements required on the above 
farm. 
4. Estimate the number of labourers required on the above farm. 
5. State briefly the best preparation of heavy land for a mangold- 
crop. 
G. Give the number of acres of good pasture necessary to keep a 
cow through the year, proportion for pasture and for hay. 
7. Draw up a dietary for a dairy ccw for one year. 
8. In a stock of 80 dairy cows, what percentage should be allowed 
for drafts ? How many heifer calves should be reared from such a 
stock ? 
9. Give the rule for ascertaining the weight of cattle by measure- 
ment, with an example. 
10. A beast being moderately fat, what percentage should be 
allowed for offal ? 
11. State briefly the best means of saving a crop of turnips when 
attacked by the Turnip Flea-Beetle, commonly known as " fly." 
12. Of what is the wire-worm a grub ? How long does it exist in 
the wire-worm form ? 
13. Describe briefly the effect of the " Ox Warble-Fly " on cattle, 
the best means of preventing its attack, and the best method of 
destroying the grub. 
14. Describe the grub of the " Daddy-Longlegs," and state the 
best method of treatment when these insects are injuring corn crops. 
