308 Inquiries* 



XIII. The most proper times for sowing or planting 

 useful roots and other vegetables ; and the kinds most 

 suitable, in garden or field culture, in our climate and 

 circumstances ; for pur consumption, as esculents ; or in 

 ihe aits ; or for food of domestic animals ? 



XIV. The best and cheapest modes of extirpating 

 weeds and pests ; and the times or stages of growth, 

 when they are the most easily destroyed ; including 

 modes and times of tillage for this purpose, cutting, or 

 other means ; and the uses to which such nuisances can 

 be turned ? A botanical description of noxious weeds, 

 plain and practical, would assist in the knowledge of their 

 habits, times of seeding and growth, so as to facilitate 

 their destruction, when they are the most capable of an- 

 noyance. 



XV. Breeds of domestic animals; of every kind; the 

 most beneficial, calculated for local situations, pastures, 

 and other circumstances peculiar to particular sites and 

 districts of country, wherein they are respectively bred 

 or employed ; noting those the most proper for draft or 

 burthen ; kept the most conveniently and economically ; 

 and a comparative calculation of the use of oxen, and the 

 best mode of gearing and working them, mules, &c. as 

 it respects horses. Also the diseases to which domestic 

 animals are respectively subject ; with suggestions of re- 

 medies and preventives ? 



XVI. Fossils, and other natural products, convertible 

 into manures, found on or near farms ; and the best modes 

 of applying marles, lime, and other such auxiliaries. 

 Modes of mixing soils, and proportions of each, — paring 

 and burning the surface soil, — burning clay, peat, &c. 



