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2. What would influence you most in the selection of such a farm ? 
3. Give an estimate of the principal items of expenditure on entering a 
farm at Michaelmas, such as valuation of articles of husbandry, purchase of 
implements, cribs, troughs, hurdles, harness, &c. 
4. State briefly how you would intend to manage your farm, and give the 
proposed course of cropping, whether on the four-course system, or, if not, 
what variations you would introduce, and the probable effect of such varia- 
tions on the cost of labour. 
5. How much seed per acre is ordinarily sown of wheat, barley, oats, 
beans, peas, tares, mangel, swedes, kohl rabi, and clover respectively 1 
6. As the value of hay depends to some extent upon its aroma, how would 
you make it in fairly good weather, so as to secure it in a green state, and how 
should you act if the weather were showery ? 
7. Should wheat be cut before or after it is quite ripe ? Give your 
reasons. 
What is the effect of cutting barley before it i? quite ripe ? If you had 
20 acres of wheat and 10 acres of barley ready for carting, which should you 
cart first if the weather were likely to be showery, and why? 
Live Stoclt. 
8. State what breed of horses you would intend to keep, and give an 
approximate estimate of the number, respective ages, and cost per head, and 
whether you would intend them for breeding as well as for work. Give any 
information as to the best way of managing farm horses, with especial re- 
ference to the mode of feeding them when they come home from work. 
9. What kind of cattle would you intend to keep ? State the number and 
probable cost, and whether you would buy in stores and resell them when in 
good condition, ready for feeding, or when fat to the butcher, or whether 
you would keep a herd of dairy cows and sell milk or butter, and, if so, how 
you would propose to keep up the numbers of your herd. 
10. As a fourth of the arable land would probably be in roots, what sheep 
should you buy, and at what do you estimate their cost ? 
How would you manage a breeding flock during and after lambing ? 
Would you think it safe previous to lambing to put ewes on swede tur- 
nips, and, if so, what means would you take to prevent the mischief which 
often results when there is a big crop of turnips ? 
EXAMINATION IN CHEMISTRY. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
Part A. General Chemistry. 
Thursday, May 1 lth,from 10 a.ui. till 1 p.m. 
1. State the composition of ammonia by weight, and by volume. Given 
some sulphate of ammonia, describe how you would proceed to prepare a solu- 
tion of ammonia from it. 
2. Give an account of the chief properties of the element carbon, and of 
the peculiarities of charcoal. What differences are observed in the manner in 
which charcoal, ordinary house coal, coke, and anthracite, burn ; and to what 
do you attribute these differences ? 
3. Explain the experimental grounds for the assertion that one gram of 
magnesia is chemically equivalent to two grams of caustic soda ; and that one 
gram of chlorine and one gram of iodine are together nearly equivalent to 
two grams of bromine. (Cl: Br : I: Na : Mg = 355: 80: 127: 23: 24.) 
