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supersedes the necessity of interior enclosures, economi- 

 zes food, increases the dung heap, and can be accom- 

 plished where labour is easily obtained. If any such ex- 

 periments have been made ; what have been the results ? 

 And what grasses and other plants are the most profit- 

 able and salutary for stock thus fed ? 



XXIII. The most durable kinds of fruit trees, of 

 every species adapted to our climate and circumstances. 

 Apples are of the first importance : the diseases attending 

 them, and other fruits ; and the insects and vermin often 

 fatally annoying them, should be noted and reported, 

 with the remedies for, or preventives of, their maladies ; 

 and the means of repelling or destroying their foes ? Also 

 the best modes of treating orchards and nurseries, and 

 propagating fruits, of every species. 



