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19. Are any of the new and improved fruits raised with you? What 

 means do you adopt to destroy insects and caterpillars ? 



20. Wiiat natural manures are to be found near you ? Is peat, 

 swamp muck, green sand or shell marl, limestone, plaster of paris, 

 salt, &c. ? At what cost are they to be obtained ? What is the supply ? 



21. Are improved cattle, sheep and swine, found i» your neighbor- 

 hood ? 



22. Is soiling practised ? With whas advantage and conapafrative 

 cost ? 



23. What supply of milk do your cows or those of improved breed* 

 in your district yield ? How much butter 1 What fodder is used ? 



24. Is cheese made in your county ? What food is found best for 

 such produce ? What is the nett profit on a given stock ? 



25. Have you read the recent books on farming ? 



26. How far, in your opinion, may accurate scientific knowledge 

 form a basis for farming 1 



27. As far as your experience reaches, is there not some change 

 for the better wanted 1 



28. Do not those among you who read books and adopt the new 

 plans, improve in their crops and farm management ? 



29. Are your neighbors and yourself disposed to teach your sons 

 the new facts of farming ? 



30. Are you willing to sustain agricultural schools ? 



P. S. Please turn your attention especially to questions 5, 10, II, 

 12, 13, 20. We are particularly anxious to learn how far your neigh- 

 bors are alive to improvements, and ready to countenance them. 



7ih. That gentlemen be requested to furnish information upon any 

 point relating to the arts, agriculture, or domestic manufactures ; not 

 forgetting to give any practicable ideas of the most feasible plan for 

 finding a market for the immense surplus that our country is capable 

 of producing, when science shall be brought to act with the same force 

 upon AgricurcarSj that it has upon mechanical ingenuity. 



