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AaEICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Examination Papers, 1872. 
EXAMINATION IN AGEICULTUEE. 
Maximtjm Numbek op Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
Tuesday, April 16t1i,fi-om 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
1. State the implements required for use on a farm of 500 acres of 
light land, 100 acres being pasture, worth to rent 50s. per acre, the 
remainder arable. 
2. For such a farm as described in question No. 1, state the live 
stock -svhich would be required, and the numbers of each kind. 
3. What would be the number of labourers required to be employed 
on such a farm as described in No. 1 question ? 
4. Describe the best course of cropping to be pursued on the arable 
part of such farm as the one mentioned in No. 1 question. 
5. Describe the best course of cropping to be pursued on an arable 
farm of 1000 acres of strong clay land. 
6. Supposing steam-power to be employed on such a farm as the one 
described in question No. 5, what implement or implements should 
you prefer to use in the summer for preparing land for wheat ? And 
what for breaking up the stubbles in autumn ? 
7. Still considering the farm as described in question No. 5, give a 
description of the cultivation required in the spring for lent corn and 
for green crops, presuming such land to be perfectly clean. 
8. Following question No. 7, describe the cultivation necessary, 
presuming the land to be full of couch grass or otherwise foul. 
9. Given 100 acres of swedes, 15 tons being grown to the acre. 
How many feeding sheep would be required to eat them off in 
22 weeks ? Each sheep to have daily i lb. of cake and some chaff. 
10. A six-horse-power engine and a thrashing machine being used, 
state the number of persons required to be employed in thrashing a 
wheat rick and their different duties, the straw being stacked on the 
spot. 
Afternoon, viva voce examination commencing at 2 o'docTc. 
VOL. TUT. 
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