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AGRICULTURAL  EDUCATION. 
Examination  Papers , 1883. 
EXAMINATION  IN  AGEICULTUEE. 
Maximum  Number  of  Marks,  200.  Pass  Number,  100. 
Tuesday,  May  8th,  from  10  a.m.  till  1 p.m. 
1.  Describe  shortly  the  general  management  of  a herd  of  pedigree 
■cattle — either  Herefords  or  Shorthorns. 
2.  Describe  a farm  of  200  acres  which  you  would  consider  suitable 
for  keeping  cows  upon  for  milk  selling  in  a district  where  there  is  a 
large  regular  demand  for  milk. 
Give  shortly  the  general  management  of  the  farm  and  the  cattle. 
3.  Describe  the  management  of  24-year-old  bullocks,  feeding  in 
covered  yards  from  1st  November,  until  they  are  fit  for  the  butcher. 
Give  the  description  and  quantity  of  food,  and  the  probable 
monthly  increase  of  live-weight. 
How  would  you  estimate  their  value  for  sale  ? How  would  you 
estimate  the  unexhausted  value  of  the  cake  and  corn  consumed  by 
them  if  you  were  quitting  the  farm  at  the  ensuing  Lady-day  ? 
4.  Give  a description  of  manure-drills  — dry  and  with  water — 
state  their  advantages  or  disadvantages — state  for  what  crops  they 
are  most  suitable,  and  what  description  and  quantity  of  manure 
should  be  applied  (without  farmyard-manure)  to  such  crops  on  land 
in  fair  condition. 
5.  What  description  and  quantity  of  grass  and  clover  seeds  should 
be  sown  on  a medium  soil  for  one  year’s  grazing  ? The  same  for  one 
year’s  mowing. 
6.  What  description  and  quantity  of  seeds  should  be  sown  on 
strong  land  for  permanent  pasture  ? 
How  should  the  land  be  prepared,  and  what  should  be  the  after- 
treatment  to  ensure  a good  turf  ? 
7.  What  should  be  the  germinating  power  of  each  description  of 
seed  named  above  (5  and  6),  and  how  can  an  ordinary  farmer  test 
this? 
8.  What  farm  operations  can  be  most  advantageously  done  by 
piece-work,  and  what  would  be  a fair  average  prico  for  each  in  any 
district  where  the  average  wage  per  day  is  2s.  6d. 
9.  State  a suitable  rotation  of  crops  on  a light-land  farm  in  the 
Midland  Counties ; the  same  on  a medium  soil ; the  same  on  a 
strong  soil. 
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