Queries propofcd by the Agricultural Society. xiJi 



infea? Is this a new fpecies of animal ? Is it peculiar to the 

 United States ? Or whence came it ? What is the eafieft way of 

 deftroying canker-worms and catterpillars in orchards? Do 

 you know how the lice or flies that infefl cabbages and turnips 

 can be overcome ? 



10. Have you any improvements in the management of 

 bees? Can the filk-worm be profitably introduced into your 

 neighbourhood ? Are there not fome American phalcenas which 

 might afford good filk ? What are they ? And on what plants 

 do they feed ? 



11. Manufactures. What is the befl method of making 

 foal leather ? Are there any other barks than oak, hemlock and 

 birch fit for tanning ? Do you know the method of fplitting 

 hides for book-binding, parchment, &c. ? Have any improve- 

 ments been made in the manufaaureoffteel? D J you know 

 of any new material for the making of paper? Which is the 

 moft advantageous way of making pot-af]i ? Are there not 

 fome ochres, the produce of our country, proper for paints ? 

 What progrefs has been made inprocurmg oil from lint, palma 

 chnfli, and fun flower feeds ? Can you fuggeft any thing capable 

 of raifing the reputation of our flour in foreign markets? Do 

 you know of any beds of nitre, allum, vitriol, or fea-falt ? Are 

 there any coal-mines ? Can you fuggeft any plan of improving 

 our wool fo as to render it more fit for fuperfine fabrics ? What 

 can be done toward the manufaaure of cotton ? Where are 

 we to find, and how collea and work up the materials of glafs, 

 china and carthen-warc ? 



