Senior Farmer

(1) Demonstrate practical work of 1 of the following: horseman, shepherd, cowman, pigman, herdsman, poultryman.

(2) Show as general knowledge of haymaking, sowing, harvesting, and an acquaintance with routine seasonal work on a farm, including the care of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and poultry.

(3) Recognise common crops and show some knowledge of rotation.

(4) (a) Keep satisfactorily 1 of the following over a period of a year:
Bees, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, pigs, goats (Produce proper accounts showing business methods).
OR (b) Know the way in which soil is kept fertile; have a general knowledge of the rotation of crops, the chief pests and diseases: and know the locally important breeds of sheep and cattle.

(5) (a) Have spent at least a week on a farm and have worked for at least 6 hours a day for 5 days in that week.
OR (b) Make a general agricultural survey of a village (under 1,000 inhabitants) giving details of local crafts, crops, markets and transport.