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to its fertility into three different classes, the 

 good, the miJdlinor, and the bad — the names 

 of the townships in which any of these kinds 

 of soil prevail, and their respective extent] 



22. To what sum is the annual produce 

 of a determinate quantity of each of these 

 three sorts of soil rated ; the price of each of 

 them ; the variations they have experienced 

 in a certain number of years, and the causes 

 of these variationsi 



23. The mode of culture peculiar to the 

 county, either with respect to the works 

 themselves, or to the husbandman's imple- 

 ments, or other similar objects — the advan- 

 tages or inconveniences attending it — in 

 what respect is it superior or inferior to that 

 of other counties'? 



24. The methods of gathering or storing 

 up the various productions of the soil — whe- 

 ther, considering localities, they are more or 

 less advantageous than those practiced in 

 the adjoining districts'? 



25. The number of square miles or acres 

 which, according to the most probable cal- 

 culation, is devoted to agriculture in general, 

 and to its various branches in particular, 

 such as the different kinds of grain raised, 

 the average quantity of each, and the yield 

 per acre'? 



26. The sections in which rural industry 

 in general, or any of its branches, is the most 

 flourishing — whether the kind of culture 

 most in use is the best adapted to the na- 

 ture of the soil, and other localities — and 

 whether from this happy distribution the 

 whole county exhibits, as it were, an elegant 

 and well understood picture of rural industry? 



27. The probable extent of uncultivated 

 ground — that of marshes — the obstacles to 

 the cultivating of the former, and to the 

 draining of the latter? 



28. Whether the lands in general are 

 equally well cultivated ; or whether the in- 

 genuity and skill of the cultivator appears 

 only in some kinds of culture? What are 

 the respective causes of these two cases? 



29. Whether there exists agricultural so- 

 cieties for the purpose of improving rural 

 economy in general; when and how organ- 



ized? names and residence of the officers— 

 what measures have been taken by said so- 

 cieties to encourage the study of rural econo- 

 my ; the means they employ to promote ex- 

 periments ; and what have been in the course 

 of time the effects of this zeal ? 



30. The obstacles to agriculture and rural 

 economy in general ; the causes they proceed 

 rom, and the best means to remove or con- 

 quer them ? 



31. The most striking historical facts 

 with regard to the introduction, improve- 

 ment, neglect, success, or failing of the va- 

 rious branches of rural industry, and all the 

 variations they have experienced. 



rVoticc to Farmers, Graziers, &ci 



The publishers of the Farmers' Cabinet 

 are extremely desirous of obtaining correct 

 information upon the following points, from 

 various parts of the country, and at as early 

 a day as may suit the convenience of corres- 

 pondents: Answers to the enquiries, with 

 the name and address of the person who 

 transmits them, and the section of country to 

 which they refer, may be sent by mail or 

 otherwise, directed to the publishers of the 

 Cabinet, No. 67 South Second street, Phi- 

 ladelphia, the receipt of which will be duly 

 acknowledged and appreciated. 



Cattle. 



The prevalent Breed — The attempts at 

 Improving and Crossing, and their success 

 — Comparative Value as Milkers, or for the 

 Butcher — How far used in Husbandry labor 

 — Diseases, generally — Causes and Treat- 

 ment : particularly, Redwater Blain — 



Blood — Hoose — Diarrhoea — Dropping after 

 Calving — The supposed Causes of each, 

 and Treatment. 



Sheep. 



Breed — Crosses — Value, as it regards 

 Wool or Flesh — Diseases generally : — par- 

 ticularly, Rot — here most especially — Stur- 

 dy, or Hydatids — Kind of Sheep most af- 

 fected — Origin of the Disease — Foot Rot, 

 and whether infectious — Scab. 



Siirine. 



Breed — In what Valuable — Diseases and 

 Treatment. 



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