Agriculture Appitude Test
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1. Do the farmers in England have a fourth of July?
2. Why can’t a farmer living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, be buried west the
Mississippi River?
3. If you only had one match and you entered a dark barn in which there were a kerosene
lamp, on oil heater, and a wood-burning stove, which would you light first?
4. As a farmer you need to know, that some months have thirty days and some have
thirty-one. How many have twenty-eight days?
5. If your veterinarian gave you three pills to give to your horse, and told you to give one
every half hour, how long would they last?
6. A farmer builds a farmhouse with four sides to it, and it is rectangular in shape. Each
side has a southern exposure. A bear comes wandering by. What color is the bear?
7. If a farmer had in his hand two United States coins which totaled 55 cents in value.
One is not a nickel. Please bear that in mind. What are the two coins?
8. A farmer has 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many did he have left?
9. How many birthdays does the average farmer have?
10. Divide thirty bales of hay by one-half and add 10. What is the answer?
11. Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?
12. An old farmer digging in his pasture claims he found some gold coins dated 46B.C.,
do you think he did?
13. How much soil is in a round hole that is 9 feet deep with a diameter of 3 feet?
14. If Mr Smith's peacock lays an egg in Mr Jones' yard, who owns the egg?
15. There was an airplane crash on the way to the national farm bureau convention,
every single person died. Two people survived. How is possible?
16. A farmer and his son were in an automobile accident. The man died on the way to
the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The emergency room surgeon said. "I
can't operate, that's my son!" How is this possible?
17. What do you call a farmer who doesn't have all of his/her fingers on one hand?
18. Who's bigger: Mr. Bigger the farmer, Mrs. Bigger the farmer’s wife or their baby?
19. FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY
COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
Count the words in the above sentence. Now count the Fs in the above sentence. Add the
number of words with the number of "Fs". What do you get?
20. If you spell "sit all day in the tub" S-O-A-K, and you spell "a funny story" J-O-K-E,
how do you spell "the white of an egg"?
21. Why are 1998 dollar bills worth more than 1997 dollar bills to most farmers?
22. According to the American Constitution, in order to become President of the United
States there are only five pre-requisites. The candidate must:
1. be at least 35 years old
2. be a citizen of the United States
3. have resided in the United States for at least 14 years
4. have been born in the United States
What is the fifth requirement?
23. In Florida they farm these, but what would you rather have a crocodile attack you or
an alligator?
24. If farmer Kevin has 3 piles of corn and farmer Daniel has 5 piles of corn and they
place them together into one large pile, how many piles of corn would there be?
25. Which animal eats with its ears?
26. Kevin's mother has three children. The first was called Alpha, the second was called
Beta. What was the name of the third?
27. Rearrange “new door” to make one word.
28. In Nebraska, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?
29. Before Mount Everest was discovered by a farmer, what was the highest mountain on
Earth?
30. My friend farmer John is well known, he always lies. However, Farmer Richard
always tells the truth. One of them answered the telephone and I did not recognize their
voice.
What one question could I have asked to determine who I was talking to?
31. What does a farmer need for brushing his/her teeth, combing his/her hair, and keeping
the rain off?
32. If a farmer bets you $1 that if you give him $2, he will give you $3 in return. Would
you bet with him?
33. What do dairy goats have that no other animals on earth have?
34. A farmer’s wife gives a beggar 50 cents. The farmer’s wife is the beggar’s sister, but
the beggar is not the farmer’s wife’s brother. How come?
35. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with him?
36. Is it legal in North Carolina for a farmer to marry his widow’s sister?
37. What weighs more a pound of cotton or a pound of potatoes ?
38. What word is misspelled in this test?