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6. Should you propose to plougli or cultivate any of the land by 
steam, if so, for what crops ? 
7. What means should you propose to adopt for cutting the hay 
and corn ? Give your reason. 
8. The ground having been brought into proper condition before 
sowing, what quantity of each crop per acre might be expected in au 
average season on the above farm — (corn to be stated in quarters and 
bushels ; hay, straw, and roots in tons) ? 
9. How many sheep would be required to feed off 10 acres of average 
turnips from 1st November to the 1st April, and with what additional 
food, if any ? 
10. Describe a good succession of crops for keeping a breeding 
flock of sheep on a purely arable farm from Michaelmas to Michael- 
mas, naming the month in which each crop should be fit. 
11. In rearing sheep, which do you consider the most critical 
period or periods in the first eighteen months of the animals' life ? 
State the causes, and the best means of meeting or avoiding the danger. 
12 Describe a good system of feeding — 
(1.) Fatting bullocks in yards. 
(2.) Store bullocks in yards. 
13. What is a proper allowance of food and of what kinds for a 
working farm horse, in winter ; and in summer ? 
14. Give a suitable course of cropping — 
(1.) On a heavy land farm. 
(2.) On a light land farm. 
15. State the advantages and disadvantages of hiring a farm sub- 
ject to valuation of hay and straw at feed value as against sale value. 
16. What is a fair average quantity of milk in imperial gallons, 
and of butter in pounds, for a Shorthorn cow of mature age to yield 
per week when in full milk ? 
EXAMINATION IN CHEMISTRY. 
Maximum Number op Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
Wednesday, May 11th, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
I. General Chemistry. 
1. Give an account of the chief characters, chemical and physical, 
of oxygen and sulphur. Give examples of compounds of the one 
which resemble in constitution and general characters those of the 
other. 
2. Describe, and explain, some method of determining tl e percent- 
age of carbonic acid gas in the air at any time and place. 
