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21. If furnished with other feed beside refuse of the dairy 

 and wash of the house, state what kind and quantity. 



22. State any other facts that may be important, pertaining 

 to the subject. 



N. B. Questions numbered 1, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 

 and 22, refer to all the cows kept. 



Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, and 16 to the particular 

 cow or cows offered for premium. 



N. B. It is desirable, also, though not required, that the com- 

 petitor should state the weight of their cow and the quantity 

 of milk by beer measure, yielded by each cow. Also, full par- 

 ticulars of the winter management of stock ; manner of feed- 

 ing, and the quality of feed." 



In conformity with the general idea of the foregoing sched- 

 ule, similar ones might be prepared for determining the required 

 facts in relation to grain and root crops, swine, &c., «fcc. 



It would doubtless require great care and much practical 

 knowledge to form these schedules or tables in such a manner 

 as to elicit all the desired information ; and probably none 

 could at first be formed, that would be entirely complete, yet if 

 the general system were once established, it is confidently be- 

 lieved that in a few years it would be so far perfected as to 

 answer the end desired, and be highly satisfactory to the agri- 

 cultural public. 



Tables might also be prepared in such a manner as to guide 

 in the various experiments for which premiums are offered by 

 the different societies, with regard to which it is every way de- 

 sirable to secure more exact and reliable results. How meagre 

 for example, are the experiments that have been made in this 

 State to test the value of subsoil ploughing, as adapted to our 

 soil and climate ; and yet, if it be of such benefit as it is said 

 to be, to the agriculture of Great Britain, it will surely warrant 

 more pains than have yet been taken by our societies to deter- 

 mine it effects. Von Thaeis in his Principles of Agriculture 

 has well remarked, " these experiments, it is true, are not easy ; 

 still they are in the power of every thinking husbandman. He 

 who accomplishes but one, of however limited application, and 

 takes care to report it faithfully, advances the science, and ac- 



