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AaRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Examination Papers, 1885. 
EXAMINATION IN AGEICULTUEE. 
Maxisium Number of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 
Tuesday, May 12th, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
1. The farm is situated in a Midland county 120 miles north of 
London ; the soil is a good loam varying in consistency, and from 
1 to 3 feet in depth, resting on a layer of gravel. The area is 300 
acres, 100 acres of which is tillage, 40 acres feeding land, and 160 
acres good sound dairy and stock land. The whole is enclosed in 
a ring fence. The homestead is centrally situated, with all the 
modern requirements for the successful management of a large head 
of stock. The distance from the homestead to the nearest railway 
station is 1^ miles. The arable portion lies to the south of the 
homestead, and is divided into eight enclosures of from 10 to 15 acres 
each. The rent is 600/. a year. Under present agricultural con- 
ditions, what is the best system of management to adopt? 
2. What number of cows or three-year-old heifers will the 40 acres 
of grass land fatten off between the 1st of May and the 1st of October, 
without the aid of artificial food ? 
And how many if they receive an allowance of 4 lbs. per head per 
diem of decorticated Cotton-cake ? 
3. Assuming that the 160 acres of secondary grass land and the 
chief part of the produce of the arable area is utilised in keeping 
a herd of dairy cows and raising young stock, what number of cows, 
rearing calves, yearlings, and two-year-olds, would the farm keep ? 
4. "What breed of dairy cattle are best adapted for producing milk 
and for stock-raising ? > 
5. What means would you adopt to improve the offspring and 
develop their milking capabilities ? 
6. Name a few of the best milking strains of pure bred Shorthorns. 
7. State shortly the chief points and leading characteristics of a 
young Shorthorn bull suited for use on a herd of ordinary dairy 
cows. 
8. The surplus steers and heifers are fed off at 2i yoars old along 
with the draught cows on the grass land ; beyond these, what 
purchased stock will be necessary, and of what age and sex ? 
9. Should the draught cows be in a lean or a forward state of 
