• Sol AGRICULTTRAL MUSfiuai 



64th. Is rnaric (properly so called) to be found in the 

 upper country, has it ever been used as a manure, and 

 vith what success. 



65tli. Has marie ever been used in the lower coun- 

 try. Have the strata of shells that abound there ever 

 been found beneficial as njanure ? 



66th. Will Green Crops raised and turned in by the 

 plough improve the land, and will the improvement be 

 equal to the expcnce — What plants are best suited to 

 this purpose, and the m'^de of cultivation? 



GTth Which is the best method of turning straw, and 

 corn stalks into manure ? 



68tlv How is the greatest quantity of manure to be 

 obtained from Stock in the winter, due attention being 

 paid to keeping them in order? 



60th. Is the practice of folding cattle and sheep in 

 the Summer, on the whole, advantageous or otherwise, 

 and what are the particular advantages, or disadvan* 

 lagesofit, as wellwith reference to the stock as the 

 land • to what soils is it best suited ? 



70th. The best application of manure in a rotation of 

 of Crops in which wheat and indian corn are in- 

 cluded. 



71st. Do. where tobacco and wheat are cultivated — 

 due attention being paid to the nature of the sojI in each 

 instance. 



72nd. Is manure applied with most advantage in a 

 fresh state, or after it has gone through a fermentation ? 



73d. The best mode of raising large quantities of ma- 

 nure from fattening Hogs— Can straw be used for lit- 

 ter in large quantities without injurj' to the hogs? 



7ith. Are farm pens for stock in the winter on the 

 whole beneficial, and what is the best plan for construct- 

 ing them? 



75th. Does plaster when combined with other ma-- 

 nures remarkably increase their effects? 



The best management of Orchards 



76tli. Do. of a Dairy Farm— is the Dairy a profita- 

 ble object to be attended to on a large scale, and in 

 what situations? 



