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SYLLABUS OF SUBJECTS 
For the Examination of Candidates for the Society Junior Scholarships, 
AGRICULTURE. 
Varieties of soil and climate in Great Britain. Tillap;e operations. 
Drainage. Rotation of crops. Rotations adapted to different circumstances 
of soil and climate. Cultivation of cereal crops (wheat, oats, barley). 
Cultivation of pulse crops (beans, peas). Cultivation of green crops (swedes, 
turnips, mangolds, potatoes, vetches). Cultivation of artificial grasses. 
Management of permanent grass. Ilaj^maliing and harvesting. General 
management and feeding of horses. Dairy management. General manage- 
ment and fattening of cattle, sheep, and pigs. Calendar of farm operations. 
The Examiners tuill he requested to put the questions relating to the cultivation 
of the soil in a (/encral form, so that each Candidate may be enabled to 
answer them with special reference to the agriculture of the neighbourhood 
of his oivn school. 
CHEMISTRY. 
General properties of matter. Weights and Measures. Specific weight. 
Chemical affinity. Atomicity. Differences between mechanical and chemi- 
cal combinations. Principal laws of combination by weight and volume. 
OxTGE^f. — Preparation and properties. Oxides. Combustion. Acids 
and basic oxides. Ozone. 
Hydkogen. — Preparation and properties. Water. Its electrolysis and 
composition by weight and volume. Distilled water. Rain water. Spring 
and well waters. Sea water. Hard and soft water. Clark's " soap-test." 
NiTEOGEN. — The atmosphere. Physical properties of the atmosphere. 
Its composition. The uses of the different constituents of the atmosphere in 
relation to animal and vegetable life. 
CoMPODNDS OF NiTEOGEN WITH OxTGEX, especially nitric acid. 
NiTEOGEX AND Hydeogen. — AmmcLia, its properties and preparation. 
Tests for ammonia. Chloride of ammonium. Sulphate of ammonia. 
General properties of ammonia salts. Manures containing ammonia. 
Caebon. — Different varieties of carbon — Diamond — Graphite — Vegetable 
carbon— Animal charcoal — their properties and uses. Carbon and oxygen. 
Carbonic oxide and carbonic acid. Sources of carbonic acid in the atmo- 
sphere. Properties. Tests for carbonic acid. Methylene, acetylene, ethy- 
lene. (Compounds of carbd>i and hgdrogen.} Coal-gas. Structure of flame. 
Davy's lamp. 
Chloeine. — Preparation and properties. Its uses. Chlorine and 
hydrogen. Tests for hydrochloric acid. General properties of chlorides. 
SuLPHUE. — Native and refined sulphur. Properties. Sulphides. 
Hydric-sulphide. Compounds of sulphur and oxygen, particularly sulphuric 
acid. Uses of oil of vitriol in agricultiu-e. 
Phosphoetjs. — Preparation and properties. Phosphoric acid. The 
composition of bones. Minerals consisting mainly of phosphates. Phos- 
phatic manures. 
Silicon and Silicic Acid. — Different varieties of silicic acid. Soluble 
silica. 
PoTASSirji. — Caustic potash. Carbonate of potash. Wood-ashes. 
Chloride of potassium. Nitrate of potassium. 
Sodium. — (Jarbonate of soda. Chloride of sodium. Sulphate of soda. 
Silicate of soda. Glass. 
Calcium. — Quicklime. Chalk and limestone, and their uses. Shell- 
sand. Sulphate of lime. Phosphate of lime. 
Magnesium. — Carbonate and sulphate of magnesia. 
Bakium. — Chloride of barium, Sulphate of baryta. 
