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and using their ashes, — and every application of fire to 

 soils ?— will fall under this head of inquiry ? 



XVII. The best mode of recovering worn lands ; 

 within the reach of common farmers ; and, of course, 

 with the least pecuniary expenditures ; — to wit : — by- 

 good husbandry, proper courses and kinds of crops ; the 

 best modes of filling gullies, and removing other impe- 

 diments to cultivation f and particularly attending to the 

 improvement of soils, by the means pointed out in the 

 preceding inquiry ? 



XVIII. The best and most profitable management of 

 a dairy ; the breed of cows most suitable, and the most 

 effective, nutritive, and economical food, and means of 

 preparing it ; and the modes and times of feeding and 

 milking most beneficial, either as the dairy is applied to 

 butter or milk ; and a comparative statement of both em- 

 ployments of the products of the dairy, as respects the 

 immediate saleable articles, or other purposes, to which 

 the refuse milk may be. applied. If cheese be the object, 

 a relative or positive statement is requested ? 



XIX. The best plan of a farm-yard ; and the most 

 convenient and most economical buildings and covers for 

 stock ; the best modes of treating and increasing farm- 

 yard or stable manure — in well constructed stercoraries, 

 composts, and otherwise ? The best plan of a barn ; 

 sties for swine, and all minor accommodations supple- 

 mentary to the barn ; and the wkole management of the 

 farm-yard, and dispositions of the various species of 

 stock, are included in this inquiry ? If plans of farm 

 houses, of the most convenient and economical elevations 

 and structure, with accommodations for stock, and cal- 

 culated for every sized farm, and even for cottages, were 



