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Grass Lands, ^c. 



16. What kinds of grasses do you use ? How much seed of clover 

 or the various kinds of grass, do you sow to the acre 1 At what sea- 

 son of the year do you sow, — and what is the manner of seeding 1 



17. How many acres do you mow for hay, and what is the average 

 product ? At what stage do you cut grass, and what is your mode of 

 making hay ? 



18. Is any of your mowing land unsuitable for the plow, and what 

 is your mode of managing such land ? 



19. Have you practised irrigating or watering meadows or other 

 lands, and with what effect ? What is your particular mode of irri- 

 gation, and how is it performed 1 



20. Have you reclaimed any low, bog, or peat lands ? What was 

 the mode pursued, the crops raised, and what the success 1 



Domestic Animals. 



21. How many oxen, cows, young cattle, and horses do you keep, 

 and of what breeds are they X 



22. Have you made any experiments to show the relative value of 

 different breeds of cattle or other animals for particular purposes, and 

 with what results 1 



23. How much butter and cheese do you make annually, from what 

 number of cows, and what is your mode of manufacture 1 



24. How many sheep do you keep 1 of what breed or breeds are 

 they 1 How much do they yield per fleece, and what price does the 

 wool bring ? How many of your sheep usually produce lambs, and 

 what number of lambs are annually reared 1 How much will your 

 sheep or lambs sell for per head to the butcher 7 



25. How many swine do you keep, of what breed are they, how 

 do you feed them, at what age do you kill them, and what do they 

 weigh, dressed 1 



26. What experiments have you made to show the relative value 

 of potatoes, turneps, and other root crops, compared with Indian 

 corn, or other grain, for feeding animals, either for fattening or for 

 milk? 



