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condition when turned out to grass, and at what period of the year 
are they likely to command the highest price per lb. in the market ? 
10. What is the best daily ration during the winter months for 
a cow in full milk, for a yearling, and for a two-year-old, in pre- 
paration for fattening off on grass during the following summer ? 
11. What extent of land should be mown on this farm, and what 
weight per acre would you consider a fair crop ? 
12. Should the store pastures receive any artificial assistance ; if 
so, what is the best and most economical dressing ? 
13. For what description of stock are covered yards most suitable ? 
Explain why they are so. 
14. The chief object is to keep the maximum number of stock at a 
minimum cost. What system of cropping the arable land will best 
effect this purpose ? 
15. State the average quantity of straw the cereal crops will 
produce. 
16. How should the land be prepared for a root crop ? 
17. State the best quantity of farm-yard and artificial manures 
for cabbage, mangolds and swedes, respectively, and the dates of 
their application. 
18. State the number of the regular staff of men and boys required 
and the yearly cost of labour per acre. 
19. What number of horses are required to work the land, and 
what will be the yearly cost of the keep of each horse for food only ; 
home-grown produce to be charged at market price? 
20. What is the best and most economical system of feeding farm 
horses from the Ist of October to the 1st of May ? State the quan- 
tities required of the different varieties of food per day. State also 
the best system of feeding from the 1st of May to the 1st of October, 
with the requisite quantities of each per diem. 
EXAMINATION IN CHEMISTEY. 
Maximttm Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
I. Ageicultubal Chemistry. 
Wednesday, May 13<^, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 
1. Describe the manufacture of superphosphate, giving the chemical 
changes which take place in the process. 
Taking into account the phosphates alone, would you consider 
these more or less valuable when derived from bone or from purely 
mineral sources ? State your reasons. 
2. What products obtained in the manufacture and purification of 
