260 Heads of information suggested 



IX. GAAfES AND Amusements of the People, Wakes, Revels, &c. 



X. Health and Physical condition of the People : 



1. General Sanitary report of the parish. 



2. Prevalent disorders, with their causes. 



3. Proportion of deaths per cent, per annum. 



4. Any remarkable instances of longevity ? 



5. Habits and occupations of the oldest inhabitants. 



XI. Industry : 



1. Agricultural: 



a. General remarks : 



(1). Quality of the ground for agricultural purposes. 



(2). Number of acres arable. (3.) Do. Pasture. 



(4). Do. broken up since the Tithe Commutation Act. 



(5). Is there a spirit of improvement abroad, as shown in better 



farm buildings, more drainage, &c. ? 

 (6). Any meetings or societies for the promotion and encourage- 

 ment of agriculture ? 

 (7). Size of farms. 

 (8). Do the fields of the several farms lie well together, or are 



they scattered ? 

 (9). Usual conditions of letting. (10) Average rent. 

 (11). Are the dairies underlet ? (12.) Markets and Fairs. 

 (13). Any lands commonable, and under what conditions ? 

 (14). Any commons enclosed, and under what conditions, and 

 within what period ? 



b. Management of Land : 



(1). Disposition of all the arable at Midsummer, 1858, i e. how 

 many acres respectively to wheat, barley, oats, rye, beans, 

 peas, green crops for feed, turnips, swedes, mangold, car- 

 rots, potatoes, &c. ? 

 (2). Disposition of all the pasture at the same time, i e. how many 

 acres respectively to feed, hay, water meadows, down, Ac. ? 

 (3). Manures in use : 



(a.) Connection with the chemical character of the soil.(b.) Quantities. 

 (c.) Mode and time of application. 

 (4). Field work. 



(a.) Ploughing : if with horses, how many, how arranged, and with 

 what drivers ? if with oxen do. ? if by steam, give any particulars. 

 (b.) Dragging and harrowing, how'performed ? (c.) Drilling do. 

 (5). Barn work : 



(a.) Threshing and winnowing, how performed? 

 (6). Implements used in the field, and in the barn. 

 (7). Nature of fences, and size of enclosures. 



c. Management of stock : 



(1). "What breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs are preferred? 



(2). Average produce in milk of a good cow. 



(3). Management of stock at different seasons of the year. 



