1-2. Queries Jrom the Agricultural Committee. 



distance of holes, choice of heads as cuttings, number of 

 eyes, &c., — Filling in, —Ridging, — Cleaning, — Irrigating, — 

 Cutting, — Burning the land, or clearing it for the repousses, 

 — Managing the repousses ? 



2. What are the most favourable seasons for carrying on 

 each of the above operations, and at what seasons are they 

 usually carried on ? 



3. What exceptions are there to the common mode and 

 time of carrying on the above operations, and what have 

 been the results ? 



4. What is the usual size of the squares in the cane 

 fields ? 



5. What are the minimum, maximum, and average pro- 

 duce of th« acre in lbs. of sugar ? 



6. What is the average quantity of vesou to the acre ? 



7. What are the average and extreme strengths of the 

 vesou ? 



8. What is the yield of sugar to 100 gallons of vesou ? 



9. The Society proposes to apply a certain sum annually 

 in Prizes of Medals, or money, for the encouragement of the 

 cultivation of the cans. In what manner do you think that 

 this sum can be best employed ? i. e., in what respects ii the 

 cultivation of the Cane, as at present followed in your Dis- 

 trict, most deficient, and susceptible of improvement ? 



N. B. — An answer to the last question is requested sepa- 

 rately, and with as little delay as may be convenient. 



