X Qiierics propofed hy the Agricultural Society^ 



4. Stock. Is it good hufbandiy to keep many horfes ? Arc 

 not oxen much more ferviceable and profitable ? What is the 

 comparative expence of a pair of horfes and a yoke of oxen ? 

 Have mules been bred by the people of your quarter? Would 

 the breeding of mules be beneficial in this country ? Do horfes 

 draw beft by collars or hames ? Are oxen capable of doing 

 moft work when drawing by the horns or by the withers ? How 

 are flieep beft managed ? What management is beft adapted 

 to make the wool fine and plentiful ? How can the breed be 

 improved ? How the inuiiua made fweet and favoury ? Can 

 any thing be gained by fhearing lambs the firft year ? Might 

 old flieep be flieared oftener than once a year ? What are their 

 diforders ? How can they be remedied or cured ? Have you 

 made any improvement in raifing neat-cattle ? Which is the 

 cheapeft method of rearing calves ? In what manner and at 

 what age is the beft veal produced ? How is tlie beft beef 

 made ? By what partimlar management are cattle beft prepared 

 for the kiiife ? How beft kept for the pail ? Which are the 

 inoft approved methods of making and preferving butter and 

 cheefe ? What kinds of herbs or plants are unwholefome or 

 poifoncus to neat catde ? Do you know any fa6ls concerning 

 the venomous qualities of wild cherry-tree leaves ? How are 

 catde beft relieved when choaked by apples or potatoes, &c. ? 

 What is the caufe of the horn diftemper ? How can it be avr ided 

 or removed ? Have you any thing new and ufeful about fwine ? 

 Which variety of the breed is muft profitable ? Would it be 



