Eighth Grade Examination - Agriculture

AGRICULTURE

(Write on any five of the questions)

1. What four things must be observed when building- any kind of silo? 
2. Discuss onion raising: its advantages, soil needed, manner of planting, cultivating and harvesting. Name two standard varieties. 
3. (a) A cow requires about ,4 ft. by 9 ft. floor space for a stall, with 4 ft. by 3 ft. additional for a manger. How much floor space will be required for 20 cows?
   (b) Will it be better to stand the cattle in one long row, or in two rows of 10 each?
   (c) If in two rows, would you have them face each other with the manger between, or face the wall? Why?
   (d) Will "scrub" cattle require the same room? 
4. (a) A "scrub" cow will give 15 lbs. of milk, worth 80 cents per cwt., daily for 300 days in the year, and raise a calf worth $3. What is the farmer's profit on her?
   (b) A Durham cow will give 25 lbs. of milk daily for the same time and raise a calf worth $5. What is the farmer's profit on her?
   (c) flow much more does Ile make on the Durham than on the "scrub"? 
5. How may potato rot be prevented? 
6. Discuss the care and feeding of poultry. 
7. Suppose it takes two applications of two lbs. of paris green each, and two days' time at $1 per day to destroy the bugs on an acre of potatoes, how many bushels of potatoes at 30 cents will it take to pay for the treatment? Acid to it price of parts green at 30 cents per pound. 
8. How do animals show a lack of care?

One of ten parts of the Winnebago County, Illinois Eighth Grade Examination given on May 5th and 6th, 1916.