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77th. \Vhclher Arable Lands can be converted into 

 grazing iurais with an increase of profit and in what si- 

 tuations ? 



78ih. The kinds of ploughs that are used in differ- 

 ent districts, are there any lately introduced that have 

 pecuHar advantages, and what arc they? 



79th. Do. as to Threshing Machines, Waggons, 

 Carts and Implements of Agriculture in general. 



80t!). The best juodc of extirpating the Wild Garlic, 

 and other troublesome weeds. 



81st. What improvement can be made on our pre- 

 sent inclosurcs-^Can live hedges be raised, from what 

 plants, and will they form a sufficient fence — To what 

 soils and situations arc they best suited ? 



82nd. A source of any improvement in husbandry or 

 the management of rural affairs in any district. 



83d. Whether in any particular part of the country 

 the system of husbandry is improving, and in what 

 the improvement consists? 



S-14h Do. whether it is declining, and in what respect 



The quantity of seed, wheat and other sjuail grain 

 proper for an acre, witii a reference to ihc soil and time 

 for sowing. Do. of Clover Seed. 



[Enquh-c}'.} 



Numerous as arc the above Queries, the greater part 

 ef them are neverthelest; highl}' important. It is hoped 

 they will attract the attenlion of tiie jiractieal Farmers 

 and Planters of our Country.— The Editor will be happy 

 to afford a place to fheir Lucubrations in the JgricitUu. 

 red Mu&eum. 



POTATOES 



Preferable to a Summer Fallow for Wheat. 

 Kxtract of a letter from the lievd. Samuel Austin, of 

 Worcester, to the Editor of the IMedical and Agricul- 

 tural Register, dated Worcester, (Mass.) February 

 24, 1806. 



" There is one species of husbandry, not in general 

 ;practice^ in which I have made some experiments with 



