Senior Examination : Syllabus of Subjects. cxliii 
ff. Agricultural Implements. 
On tlie mode of action and the general principles involved in the construc- 
tion of farm implements. The adjustments of implements for diflerent de- 
scriptions of work. Lubrication. Working or wearing parts. 
1. Cultivating Implements actuated by Steam Powee. 
2. HoKSE-cuLTiVATiNG IMPLEMENTS. — Ploughs of various kinds. Culti- 
vators or Grubbers. Harrows. Rollers. Scrubbers. 
3. Sowing Implements. — Drills. Manure and water drills. Broadcast 
barrows. Broadcasters. Manure distributors. Potato Planters. 
4. Hoeing Implements. — Horse-hoes. Scufflers. 
5. Implements employed in securing Ckops. — Reaping machines of all 
kinds. Mowing machines. Hay-makers. Horse-rakes. Elevators. Potato- 
raisers. 
6. Oaeeiages. — Carts and waggons. 
7. Implements for preparing Crops foe Market. — Thrashing ma- 
chines. Winnowing machines. Corn screens. HummeUers. Hay and 
Straw Presses. 
8. Implements for preparing Crops for Home Consumption. — Mills. 
Chaff-cutters. Pulpers. Turnip-cutters. Cake-breakers. Cooking appa- 
ratus. 
9. Dairy Implements. — Cream separators. Churns. Butter workers. 
Cheese tubs. Curd mills. Setting-pans. Refrigerators. 
10. Implements and Appliances used in Land Improvement. — Drain- 
age instruments. Lime-kilns. Arrangements of shafting, pullej s, clutches 
&c., for farm machinery at homesteads. 
11. Silage Appliances. 
Students must be prepared to point out the various adjustments, working 
parts, merits, faults, and uses of the above-named implements. They must 
also be prepared to answer questions upon the character and quality of the 
work done, as well as upon the construction of the implements themselves. 
Questions will be set upon all parts of the above syllabus of Agri- 
cultural Engineering, but it is not contemplated that a candidate shall answer 
more than half the questions put. Formal proofs of theorems ivill not be re- 
quired, and credit will be given for j^ractical knmvledge shoivn. 
VII. BOTANY. 
The structure of plants. 
The organs of plants and their functions. 
The life of plants. 
The diseases of plants. 
The chemical composition of plants. 
The function of manures. 
The useful, useless, and injurious plants of Agriculture. 
The classilication of plants. 
N.B, — Candidates are required to identify three plants, and to describe 
them in a scientific manner. 
