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11. Are the farmers careful in procuring good seed ? 



12. Are any uncommon grains, or other crops, cultivated ? 



13. Is grain afiected by rust, blasting, or other diseases ? Is there 

 any satisfactory knowledge of the causes ? 



14. Is there any settled rule as to the degree of ripeness, which grain 

 should have when harvested for market .'' 



15. What is the character of the grain ? Is there apparatus for thor- 

 oughly cleansing it .'' For drying it ? And are measures taken for its 

 improvement ? 



16. Is there difficulty in the sale of agricultural products, from want 

 of market towns, or facilities for shipping ? 



17. Is the fall feeding of cultivated lands practised f Are new 

 hedges planted, or the old kept up ? 



18. What is the condition of stock husbandr}', both with regard to 

 the character of the stock, and the number to a farm of given extent ? 

 Do milch cows or fat cattle yield the best profit ? 



19. Are more or fewer horses raised than formerly, and why ? 



20. Are the finer-wooled sorts of sheep increasing ? Is sheep-fold- 

 ng practised ? Are the sheep ever stall-fed ? Is the native breed di- 

 minishing or increasing ? 



21. Is Horticulture advancing ? How large gardens do the farmers 

 commonly cultivate ? 



22. Are there forests which supply fuel and timber ? New planta- 

 tions ? Is there turf for use or sale ? Are plantations for hedges, or 

 trees for fuel and timber of the extent of three, five, or seven acres, 

 meditated .? 



23. Is domestic industry thriving ? And employed upon articles for 

 domestic use only, or for market ? How could domestic industry be 

 encouraged, so as to bring its products more into commerce .'* 



24. Are there any distinguished agriculturists, either large or small 

 proprietors, and are they among the peasantry, or not ? What have 

 they accomplished } 



25. Is there any Economical society, and what does it accomplish .? 



26. Is the price of lands rising or falling ? Is any portion of the 

 population unemployed ? What are wages ? Might the people intro- 

 duce collateral sources of income, besides agriculture, such as lime- 

 burning, or the manufacture of clay wares ? 



27. What special branches of rural industry deserve special encour- 

 agement ? Does animal or vegetable production merit the preference ? 



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