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advantageous to introduce goats into this ftate ? What is the 

 bed plan of a poultry yard? Cannot wild ducks and teal, and 

 heath-hens and wild turkies be tamed and domcfticated ? 



5. Grain. Which variety of wheat is moil produaive— 

 the red, white, yellow, bearded or bald ? In what proportion 

 does winter wlieat excel fummer wheat? Whatoccahons wheat 

 to blaft? What turns it to fmut ? How does mildew happen? 

 Can any or all of thefe be prevented ? Can wheat turn to drips ? 

 How is wheat bell preferved between harvefl and threflring 

 time ? between this laft and grinding ? In what foils and fea- 

 fons does rye flourifh ? What is the proper cultivation of oats ? 

 Why are the New-York oats fo much lighter than the Britifii 

 or Canadian ? Is barley well adapted to our foil and climate ? 

 Is it worth the while to enter largely into the culture of it? Is any 

 part of our country adapted to the raifmg of rice ? Can millet 

 and fpelts be cultivated with fuccefs and advantage ? W^iat 

 is the inoft approved method ot raiimg a good crop of Indian 

 corn ? How is the ground belt prepared for it ? How fliould it 

 be manured ? How weeded and tended ? Can you give any 

 information as to the raifing of flax and hemp ? How, and in 

 what manner can the greateft quantity of each be raifed on an 

 acre ? of the fined quality ? with the moft feed ? To what 

 extent, and in what manner can peas and beans be cultivated ? 



6. Grasses. . What graffes do you find to afford the bed 

 pafture ? Which make the heft hay ? Have you any faSts on 

 ihe relative produce of fpear-grafs, clover and timothy ? Have 



