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19. Have you succeeded in eradicating the weeds from your fai'm, if 

 so, by what methods, and what weeds are most troublesome ? 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



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

 of what breeds are they ? 



21. 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 ? 



22. What do you consider the best and cheapest manner of wintering 

 your cattle, as to feed, watering and shelter ? 



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

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



24. How many sheep do you keep ? Of what breed or breeds are 

 they ? How much do they yield per fleece, and what does the wool 

 bring? How many of your sheep usually produce lambs and what 

 number of sheep are usually reared ? How much will your sheep or 

 lambs sell for per head to the butcher ? 



25. What do you consider the best and cheapest manner of winter- 

 ing your sheep, as to food, watering and shelter ? How many in pro- 

 portion to your flock (if any) do you lose during the winter ? 



26. 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 

 wlien dressed ? 



27. What experiments have you made to show the relative value of 

 potatoes, turnips, and other root crops, compared with Indian cxjm, or 

 other grain, for feeding animals, either for fattening or for milk. 



FRUIT. 



28. What is the number of your apple trees ? Are they of natwal 

 or grafted fruit, and chiefly of what varieties ? 



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

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



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

 use to prevent their attacks ? 



31. What is your general management of fruit trees? 



82. What other experiments or farm operations have produced inter- 

 esting or valuable results ? 



