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Fruit. 



27. What is the number of your apple trees 1 Are they of natu- 

 ral or grafted fruit 1 and chiefly of what varieties 1 



28. What number and kind of fruit trees, exclusive of apples, have 

 you ? and what are among the best of each kind 1 



29. What insects have attacked your trees, and what method do 

 you use to prevent their attacks 1 



30. What is your general management of fruit trees ? 



31. What other experiments of farm operations have produced in- 

 teresting or valuable results 1 



Fences, Buildings., ^c. 



32. What is the number, size, and general mode of construction 

 of your farm buildings ; and their uses ? 



33. What kinds of fences do you construct 1 What is the amount 

 or length of each kind 1 And their cost and condition 1 



34. To what extent are your various farming operations guided by 

 accurate weighing and measuring *? And to what degree of minute- 

 ness are they registered by daily accounts ? 



It is expected that these questions will be answered with as much 

 precision and minuteness as possible, the applicant submitting the 

 information according to his best knowledge and belief, of the cor- 

 rectness of ail which an affidavit shall be made. 



The statements must be sent, free of postage, to Luther Tucker, 

 Recording Secretary, Albany, on or before the First of December ^ 

 1845. 



Daniel Gates, of Sullivan, Madison go. in answer to the circular, 

 informed the committee that he cultivates 185 acres of land. His soil 

 sandy marl — plows about 6 inches deep — does not use a sub-soil plow. 

 Manures with about 30 loads of 30 bushels each to the acre ; makes 

 about 366 loads of manure annually. Manures before seeding his grass 

 land to prevent the soil from becoming clover sick; has 93| acres under 

 the plow, 46 of wheat, 10 of oats, 2 of corn, 31 of peas, 11 potatoes. 

 Sows 2 bushels wheat to the acre ; yield this year 32 bushels per 

 acre. Sows 2| bushels oats per acre — thinks it will yield 65 or 70 

 bushels per acre. His corn, he thinks, will yield 55 bushels per 

 acre ; sows 3| bushels peas to the acre ; yields about 56 bushels per 

 acre. His wheat crop was not manured. He sows about 4 quarts 



