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THE FARMERS CABINET. 



VOL. I. 



ships or counties. We wish, as far as possible, 

 that the answers may embrace entire counties. 

 Question 1. The agricultural productions 

 of the county in general, and what are the 

 principal ones both as to quantity and 

 quality? 



2. The best, common, and middling crops 

 of the various kinds of productions'? 



3. The variations they have experienced 

 in the course often or fifteen years, and the 

 probable causes of themf 



4. The lowest, middle, and highest prices 

 obtained for the principal productions of 

 agriculture — the alteration of the prices in a 

 period of ten or twelve years, and, when 

 practicable, the causes of such variation? 



5. Fruit Trees. — Their principal species; 

 whether they are in sufficient quantities, not 

 only to supply the district or county, but to 

 afford a branch of trade ; what is the proba- 

 ble value of fruit, carried to market. 



6. The diseases to which the various fruit 

 trees are liable, and the most approved 

 remedies] 



7. The various kinds of vegetables, culti- 

 vated both in the fields and gardens. The 

 principal ones as to quantity and quality? 

 What progrfiss has been made within a giv- 

 en period, say ten to fifteen years, in that 

 branch denominated root culture? Is it 

 attended to for the purpose of carrying to 

 market or the feeding of stock? 



8. The extent and quality of Pastures — 

 whether the land is particularly fit for that 

 culture; whether the cultivator exerts all 

 the means rural industry can aflford to assist 

 thisjnatural property of the ground ; or if slug- 

 gishness or ignorance prevail ; what is the 

 importance of this culture to the county? 



9. Cattle Husbandry. — The different 

 and most approved breeds. The number of 

 each kind in the county, according to the 

 general received calculations ; the increase 

 and decrease for a given time, say ten or 

 fifteen years; are they subject to any dis- 

 eases peculiar to your region — if so describe 

 the symptoms and the best method of treat- 

 ment. 



10. The prices of the animal*, the varia- 



tions they have experienced in a certain 

 number of years, and the causes of them? 



11. What breeds are considered as the 

 most desirable for the dairy; and which pos- 

 sess in the highest degree, fattening proper- 

 lies? 



12. The improvements or deterioration 

 which these various kinds have experienced, 

 as to quality, from fifteen to twenty years, 

 and the cause of it? 



13. The districts in which this culture is 

 prevalent — whatever there is worthy of no- 

 tice in farms appropriated chiefly to it, with 

 regard either to the number or quality of the 

 animals; in short, everything relating to this 

 subject? 



14. The number of Sheep; the breed best 

 adapted to the county — the kind most ad- 

 vantageous to the common^farmer, on account 

 of the fineness, quantity or quality of the 

 wool, weight of carcass, disposition to fat- 

 ten, capability of enduring the changes of 

 weather, &c? 



15. What is the present state of sheep 

 husbandry in the county? — the probable 

 amount of wool raised yearly, where dis- 

 posed of generally, and the average price of 

 each quality for a given number of years? 



16. The advantageous or disadvantageous 

 measures taken with regard either to the 

 care of the animals themselves, or to the 

 preparation of their produce ; the good or 

 bad effects attending them? 



17. The culture of Insects, the indus- 

 try of which is useful to mankind, such as 

 Silk Worms, Bees, &c. 



18. The annual produce of that culture, 

 and especially all information connected 

 with the silk business? 



19. The various kinds of animals of 

 which the culture is the most important to 

 the county, either on account of their num- 

 ber, qualities, or productions; designate 

 those of which the traffic is the most consi- 

 derable. 



20. The nature of soil? Its various quali- 

 ties, such as argillaceous, calcareous, &c.? 

 Does it vary in different parts of the county? 



21. The divisions of the soil with respect 



