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AGEICULTUEAL EDUCATION. 
Papers set at Senior Examination, May, 1888. 
EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTURE. 
Maximum Number of Marks for this Paper, 200. Pass 
Number, 100. 
Tuesday, May 8th, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 
1. In the selection of a farm for profitable occupation, what con- 
siderations would influence you in making your clioice 1 
2. What indications of natural fertility or poverty of the soil 
would you look for 1 
3. What are the systems of crop rotation best known and most 
generally followed ; and to what circumstances are they respectively 
adapted 1 
4. What modifications of the four-course system have been of . 
late introduced, and what are the conditions which have occasioned 
such modifications ? 
5. What are the general principles which underlie all systems of 
crop rotation ? 
6. Give the names of the principal corn, green, and forage crops 
grown in England, with particulars as to — 
(1) The ordinary season of sowing. 
(2) The quantity of seed usually sown per acre. 
(3) The crop ordinarily produced per acre under good manage- 
ment on land suitable to the crop. 
(4) The soils most favourable for their growth. 
7. Give the names of the more valuable grasses and clovers for 
laying down land foi* — 
(a) Permanent pasture. 
(6) Seeds for one year's hay. 
(c) Seeds for two or three years' ley. 
* For the new Regulations for the Senior Examinations, see page cxxxix. 
