Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 221
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20 NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE. principle of action and construction. Flow of water through pipes. Hydraulic ram. Windmills. 2. Agricultural Implements and llI'achinery.——~The mode of action and the general principles involved in the construction and working of farm implements and machinery. Arrangement of machinery with respect to the power plant. Pulleys and belting. Shafting and bearings. Lubrication. Lifting appliances. Strength and care of chains. Concrete and its use in the construction of simple founda- tions for engines and machines. 3. Implements of Cultivation.—Ploughs—Cultivators—Grubbers— Barrows—Drills. Manure Distributors. Seeding and planting im- plements. 4. Implements of Harvesting—Mowing and Reaping machines— Rakes—Tedders—Elevators—Potato raisers. 5. Implements of Transit—Carts, waggons, rick lifters, tractors. 6. Threshing and Food-preparing M achinery.—Threshing machines, stationary and portable—Screen Winnowers—Hummelers, Chaff cutters—Pulpers———Cake breakers. 7. Dairy Appliances—Milking machines—Cream separators—— Chums and other butter-working appliances—Milk delivery cans —Cheese-making utensils—Vets and presses. N.B.—Candidatcs are expected to have had some experience with agricultural machinery and implements under actual working condi- tions, and to be capable of illustrating their answers, when necessary, by intelligible sketches or diagrams. 4.—LAND SURVEYING AND FARM BUILDINGS. 1. The use and adjustment of instruments employed in Surveying and Levelling other than the Theodolite. 2. Land surveying by chain, Plotting from field book, and deter- mination of areas surveyed. The simpler “ field problems.” 3. Levelling and plotting from field book. 4. A knowledge of the various classes of maps published by the Ordnance Survey Department and their Scales. 5. Roads and Fences—The construction and maintenance of farm roads, fences, and ditches. 6. Land Drainage—Methods of draining; mole and pipe drains; cost of construction and maintenance. 7. Buildings—Buildings required on difierent classes of farms—— Economical arrangement of farm buildings—Materials—Construc— tion—Ventilation—Drainage—Water supply—Dimensions of dairy, stables, oowsheds, yard, courts, and piggeries—Accommodation for power—Implement, machinery, and cart sheds—Hay and grain sheds—Shelter sheds—Storage of manure. N.B.—Each candidate should have with him at the Examination 0 pair of compasses, scales of equal parts, including scales of one chain to the inch, 4 feet to the inch, 8 feet to the inch, and the scale fitting the Ordnance Map, 3.73105 or 25-344 inches to the mile, a small protractor, a set-square, and a straight-edge about 18 inches in length. NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE. 21 5.—AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. 1. The Atmosphere—Its composition and relations to plant and animal life. 2. Wotan—Rain water—Soil water and drainage—Drinking water —-Sewage and irrigation. 3. The Soil.—Origin, formation, and classification of soils—Samp- ling—Analysis—Composition of soils—The chemical and physical properties of soils—The water and air of the soil—Biological changes in the soil—The soil in relation to plant growth—Fertility—Causes of infertility—Improvement of soils. 4. Manures.—-—Theories of manuring—Classification of manures— Origin, nature, and characteristics of manures——Manuiacture of manures—Composition, analysis, adulteration, and valuation of manures—Farmyard manure and other natural manures—Green- manuring—Liming, marling, claying—Artificial manures, their origin and manufacturemFertili‘sers and Feeding Stuffs Actr— Sampling of manures. 5. Poisons, Antiseptics, and Preservatives—General chemical com— position and character of insecticides, fungicides, antiseptics, and preservatives used on the farm. 6. Plants and Crops—Constituents of plants—Assimilation and nutrition of plants—Sources of the nitrogen and other constituents of plants—Germination—Action of enzymes—Composition and manurial requirements of farm orops~Food products derived from crops—Manuring experiments. 7. Animals—Composition of animal body—Animal nutrition—A Digestion—Assimilation, metabolism, respiration, and excretion. 8. Foods and Feeding—Constituents of foods—Origin, nature, and composition of chief feeding stuffs—Sampling, analysis, and adultera- tion of foods—Nutritive value and digestibility of food—Functions of chief food constituents—Energy values—Vitamins—Relation of foods to the production of work, meat, milk, and manure—Manurial residues of foods. 9. Dairy Chemislry.———The composition of milk, cream, butter, cheese, &c.—Conditi0ns which influence the composition of milk and milk products—Action of ferments and enzymes on milk and milk products——lliilk-testing—Analysis and adulteration of dairy products. N.B.——-Candiclates who are in possession of Laboratory Notes are required to bring them to the Oral Examination in this subject. 6,—AGRICULTURAL BOTAN Y. In addition to a general knowledge of the morphology, histology, and physiology of plants, candidates will be expected to possess a detailed knowledge of the following subjects :—-—- The classification of plants of importance in agriculture as shown by a detailed study of the genera, species, and botanical varieties of the British Crop Plants and Weeds included in the following families :— Ranunoulaceae. Umbelliferas. Chenopodiaceae. Cruciferee. Composites. Polygonacew. Caryophyllaceaa. Solanaceas. Liliaceee. Leguminosae. Scropulariaceaa. Gramineae. Rosaceae. Labiatae. |
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