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35tli. The soil and culture that arc best suited to hemji, 

 the expence and product, 



36th. A detailed account of the whole manac^enient of 

 hemp, from the preparation of the gi-ouiid to the di cas- 

 ing it, and preparing it for market — an estimate of the 

 expence and product. 



37th. Do. as to Flax. 



38th. Ditto as to Cclton. 



39th. The best mode of draining swamp lands, and 

 converting them into meadow. 



40th. How are watered meadows best formed, and 

 what soils and situations in the middle and lower coun- 

 try can be improved in this way with advantage? 



41st. Is there any method by which lucerne, clover, or 

 land under tillage, can be watered with advantage, in 

 those districts of country ? 



42d. Are embankments practicable on an extended 

 scale on the larger rivers, above or below tide water, 

 and the mode of forming them ? 



43d. What green food is best suited to cattle in the* 

 winter, and early in the spring, which will best answer 

 the expence of cultivation? 



44lh. Have lucerne, saintfoin, vetches or cichory, been 

 cultivated by any person to a considerable extent, and 

 with what success ? 



45. Ditto as to cabbages, parsnips, carrots and pump- 

 kins, in a course of field cultivation for the use of cattle. 



46th. What soils and situations are best suited for 

 turnips ; which is the best mode of cultivating theni 

 for the use of stock on a large scale; how are they 

 best preserved, and which is the best a[)plication of them. 



47th. Which is the best method of securing a large 

 crop of clover Hay. 



48th. To what kind of stock is it best suited. 



49th. The forming and management of timothy mea- 

 dows ; will they succeed in the lower country, and un- 

 der what circumstances. 



50th. Are there any other meadow grasses that are 

 to be preferred to timothy, and in what soils. 



