^© ^leji'ions upon General Suljecfs. Jan. 



with the latter, Whether is the lliort Highland (liccp, or any 

 of the varieties of the white-faced kind moil profitable ? 



Any anfwers to this queftion ihould be regulated by the foil, 

 climate, and fituation of the farm j and by the demand afVord- 

 gd at the contiguous markets, where the (lock is to be re-fold. 



15. Is there a necefhty for fmearlng fheep ? and, What is 

 the befh method of doing it, for the fafcty of the animal, and 

 of the leaft prejudice to the wool ? 



16. Is the milking of ewes of advantage or dlfadvantage to 

 the farmer ? 



17. Whether are turnips moil profitably ufcd in feeding 

 cattle or (lieep ? If by the former. Whether fliould they be 

 conCumed at the ftall, in an open yard, or in a grafs park ? If 

 by the latter. Whether fliould the fheep be confined in hurdles, 

 or flakes, upon the fpot, or have the turnips brought to them 

 in an adjoining grafs field ? and, M^ill the expence of car- 

 riage be repaid by the fuperior value of the animal ? 



18. Whether fliould turnips be raifed according to the 

 broad-call way, or in drills ? and. If they are taken as a faU 

 lov/ crop, In which method will the land be cheapeft and 

 rnoft effecflually cleaned ? 



19. What Is the caufe of black, or fmut, amongft wheat ? 

 and, if the caufe cannot be afligned, What is the bed pre- 

 fervative againfb this diforder ' 



20. What is the caufe of the curl amongft potatoes ? and, 

 Is any other method found out to prevent it, than by pro- 

 curing frefh feed from high lands, or late foils, where it was 

 not fully ripened ? 



21. Can wafte lands be Improved in a more profitable man- 

 ner, than by planting them with barren trees adapted to the 

 foil and climate I and, "What may be the expence of planting 

 100 acres of fuch land, fencing it completely, and training the 

 trees up ? and. Whether the value of the grafs, and the thin- 

 ning of the trees, in a few years, would not exceed any profit 

 which could accrue from the land in its original (late ? 



This laft queftion is fo materially connected with the wel- 

 fare of the kingdom, that we cannot but recommend it to the 

 notice of thofe who are verfant in matters of this kind, with 

 the greateft earneftnefs. It is obvious, that large trails, in 

 almoft every county, cannot be improved in any other man- 

 ner ; and, while we are dependent upon foreign nations for a 

 fupply of timber, it is an object of importance to inquire, 

 Whether it is not in our own power to raife a fufficient quari-^ 

 tity at home, and whether this might not be done v^ith profit 

 to thofe who embarked in fuch undertakings ? 



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