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16. Harvesting. 



Time and state of cutting ; and whether early or late cutting 

 be preferable ; the time, in the opinion of some persons, mak- 

 ing a material difference in the amount and value of the crop. 



Modes of harvesting ; reaping or cradling ; and cost by day 

 or piece work • average amount of a day's work, 



17. Threshing and Cleaning, 



Threshing Machines. Winnowing Machines, 



18. Manufacture of Flour. Various qualities. Number of 

 bushels required for a barrel. Miller's charges and profits. 



19. Construction of Mills and flouring Machinery. Water, 

 steam, and wind power. Domestic Mills. 



20. Value and uses of bran. 



21. Value and uses of Wheat Straw. 



22. Value of a wheat crop compared with other crops. Aver- 

 age yield, 



23. Capacity of the State to furnish its own wheaten bread. 



24. Experiments and observations in regard to this crop. 

 Causes of its general failure. 



25. Some general estimate of the quantity and cost of imported 

 flour consumed in any village, town, or county. 



Indian Corn. 



1. Kinds. Gourd seed. White soft Corn, Sweet Corn, 

 Flint Corn. 



2. Varieties of Flint Corn, White; yellow. Weight per 

 bushel. Comparative amount of cob and grain in different va- 

 rieties, 



3. Soils most suitable. Preparation of land. Crop, if any, 

 which it may best succeed. Fall or spring ploughing. How 

 often may it be repeated on the same land. 



4. Manuring ; kinds of manure most suitable ; quantity to the 

 acre ; how distributed — in hills, drills, or spread — applied green 

 or rotted. 



Lime ; its value to Corn — how applied. 



Gypsum ; its value to Corn — how applied. 



Ashes; its value to Corn — how applied ; crude or spent. 



5. Seed — how selected ; effects of selecting in increasing the 



