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AGEICULTUEAL EDUCATION. 
Senior Examination Papers, 1878. 
EXAMIXATIOX IN AGEICULTUEE. 
MAxiirrM XxncBEE of Maeks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
Tuesday, April 2Srd,from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
1. State the mode of cultivation of a light-land farm of 500 acres, 
100 of which are grass, viz. : — 
The rotation of crops. 
The necessary operations for each crop. 
The manures to be applied per acre. 
The quantity of seed required per acre and the time of sowing. 
The probable produce of com and roots per acre. 
The treatment of the grass-land and the proportion which 
should be cut for hay, and the mode of making it. 
2. State the mode of cultivation of a strong or heavy clay land farm 
of 500 acres, 100 of which are grass, viz. : — 
The rotation of crops. 
The necessary operations for each crop. 
The manures to be applied per acre. 
The quantity of seed required per acre and the time of sowing. 
The probable produce of corn and roots per acre. 
The treatment of the grass-land and the proportion which 
should be cut for hay, and the mode of making it. 
3. Give the number of horses required to work each farm, and the 
number that would be saved, if the occupier were the owner of a 
steam ploughing apparatus. 
i. Describe the system of harvesting crops and the cost per acre 
for the manual labour of the various operations, in the district with 
which you are acquainted. 
5. What is the amount of capital required for each of the above 
farms, the live-stock required and its probable cost, and the annual 
amount to be paid for labour '? 
6. What are the necessary implements required for each farm, with 
their cost ? 
