( '93 ) 



QUERIES 



PROPOSED BY THE 



OARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



TO BE ANSWERED BY INTELLIGENT FARMERS. 



'• VV H A T is the nature of the foil and climate in your neighbourhood ? 



2. The manner in which the land is occupied, and whether the farms, arc, in general, fmall or 

 great i 



3. The manner in which the land is employed, whether in pafture, in hulbandry, or a mixture 



of both ? 



4. If in paftnre, what grafles are cultivated ? what fpecies of flock is kept ? Whether the breeds 



can be improved, or whether new breeds ought to be tried. 



5. Whether any of the land is watered, and whether any coniiderable extent of ground is 

 capable of that improvement ? 



6. If the land is employed in huftandry, what arc the grains principally cultivated ? 



7. What is the rotation of crops? and in particular whether green crops, as turnips, clover, 



&c. are cultivated, and how they are found to anfwer ? 



2. Whether falUowing is praftifed or otherwife ? 



^. What manures are made ufe of, and whether particular attention is paid to the making of 

 dung-hills? 



10. What are the ufual forts of ploughs, carts, and other im.plements of hufbandry ? 



11. Whether oxen or horfes are made ufe of? 



12. What is the ufual feed time and harveft ? 



13. Whether the land is inclofed or in open fields ? 



14. What advantages have been found to refult from enclofing land, in regard to the increafe of 



rent-~f]uantity or q-iialities of produce — improvement of ftock, &c ? 



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