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agriculturaij education. 
ELEMENTARY EXAMINATION of Pupils of Middle-Class 
AND OTHER SCHOOLS.* 
] Examination Papers, 1887. 
A. AGRICULTURE. 
November 8, 1887. 
(Three hours allowed.) 
N.B. — Yuxrjjlace ivill he determined more hy the quality than the 
quantity of your rvorli. 
I.— THE SOIL. 
1. In what ways does Land Drainage (a) affect the fertility of 
a water-logged soil ? and wherein (6) are irrigation and land drain- 
age alike in their influence and mode of action ? 
2. Explain in detail the influence as a manure of caustic lime 
applied to the soil. 
3. How may burning, a calcareous clay soil In.crease its fertility ? 
4. Explain on the one hand {a) the benefit of a bare fallow, and 
on tho other (6) the possible injury wliicli it may do. 
II.— THE CROPS. 
5. Explain how a crop taken from the soil may be either restora- 
tive or scourging, in its influence on fertility. 
6. In what ways may ploughing a green crop into tlie ground 
increase the fertility of the soul ? 
* For tlie new Regulations for these Examinations!, sec page x.\v. 
