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the nature and economy of the sheep, and digests better than roots on 

 an empty stomach. This practice is pursued by the most intelligent 

 breeders of sheep in Germany." 



Q. — (p. XX.) 



QUERIES BY THE ROYAL DANISH RURAL. ECONOMY SOCIETY. 



1. What is the soil, both superficial and subsoil ? Is it high or low 

 ground ? Flat or hilly ? Does the soil suffer from water ? Could ir- 

 rigated meadows be introduced ? 



2. Are there springs or small lakes .' Has the quantity of water in 

 these latterly diminished ? To what cause is such diminution ascribed ? 

 Have lakes or marshes been drained ? 



3. What is the climate 1 Dry, moist, cold, mild, &c. ? 



4. Have the common lands been divided ? And if so, into small par- 

 cels ? What have been the results of such division in respect to popu- 

 lation, agriculture, stock, &c. ? 



5. What is the prevailing system of culture? What variations from 

 the system occur ? Are naked fallows used, or alternate white and 

 fallow crops ? What is thought of these respective practices ? Is much 

 ground kept constantly in grass ? 



6. Is the practice of soiling gaining ground? What objections are 

 urged against it .'' 



7. Are lime, muck, marl, or other artificial manures applied ? Have 

 experiments been made in paring and burning both plough-land and 

 meadow .? If so, with what success ? On what soils has this been tried, 

 clayey, sandy, marly, or turfy ? 



8. Are oxen used for farm work ? 



9. What are the agricultural implements ? Is the superiority of the 

 swing plough (English plough,) admitted ? Are the modern labor-sav- 

 ing implements known and used ? 



10. Are there wild and uncultivated lands ? Are these reduced to 

 cultivation ? And how ? With what succession of crops ? And with 

 what success ? In the new clearings, unconnected with the established 

 system of husbandry, do they use the labor of horses or oxen ? What 

 stock have they introduced, horn cattle or sheep ? 



