PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PAPER.
1. A field is ploughed three years running. Can it still have a shy at its little go? Examine this, and say all you know about "PIERS, or PEARS, the Ploughman." Did he use his own soap?
2. How do you extract the square of a Beet-root? In connection with this, say how much it will take to square a "Swede?"
3. Explain the use of the "Sewing-machine" for agricultural purposes. What do you mean by "going against the grain?"
4. You plant a field of corn. What plaster do you adopt when it begins to shoot? Also give the best remedy you know for corn in the ear.
5. Write a Sentimental History of the Harvest Moon. Is it really twice as big as any other moon, or does it only look so, after drinking the landlord's health several times over?
6. To what gourmet giving a dinner-party in January is attributed the historical saying, "Peas at any price"?
7. How many black beans will make five white ones? Given the number, explain the process, and solve the equation.
8. What pomade do you recommend for "top-dressing"?
9. What would be an M.P.'s first step towards squaring a circle of Agricultural Voters?