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V. What trees and plants arc indigenous to your soil ? give tlie names 

 of eacli? 



MANURES. 



8. How many loads of manure (30 bushels per load,) do you usu- 

 ally apply per acre ? How do you manage your manure ? is it kept 

 under cover, or are there cellars under your barns or stables for receiv- 

 ing it? 



9. How is your manure applied: whether in its long or green state, 

 or in compost ? For what crops, or under what circumstances do you 

 prefer using it, either in a fresh or rotten state ? 



10. Have you used lime, plaster, guano, salt, or any other substance 

 not in common use as manure ? In what manner were they used, and 

 with what results ? 



TILLAGE CROPS. 



11. How many acres of land do you till? and with what crops are 

 they occupied, and how much of each crop ? 



12. What is the amount of seed planted or sown for each crop? the 

 time of sowing — the mode of cultivating, of harvesting, and the pro- 

 duct per acre ? Have any insects been found injurious to your crops ? 

 if so, describe them, and the remedies adopted ? 



13. How deep do you have manure covered in the earth, for diflfer- 

 ent crops and different soils ? 



14. Have your potatoes been affected with any pecuHar defect or 

 disease, and have you been able to discover any clearly proved cause 

 for it, or found any remedy ? 



GRASS LANDS, <feC. 



15. What kind of grasses do you use? How much seed of clover 

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

 son of the year do you sow ? and what is the manner of seeding ? 

 What kinds of grass are best adapted to lands used for dairy purposes ? 



16. 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 ? 



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

 is your mode of managing such land ? 



1 8. Have you reclaimed any low, bog or peat lands ? What was the 

 mode pursued, the crops raised, and what success ? 



