MISCELLANEOUS. 95 



What is the quantity and value of wheat straw upon an acre ? To 

 what uses is the straw apphed .' 



In ordinary seasons, what is the cost ;)cr bushel of cultivating wheat 

 on old land, including in the estimate a fair charge for the value 

 of the seed, manure, labor, &c. ? 



10. Indian Corn. How many acres on a farm of moderate size, 

 are usually planted with corn, or, what proportion of tilled land is 

 so planted ? 



What soil is most favorable to its growth ? 

 How is the land prepared and manured ? 



What kind of manure is preferred, and what quantity to an acre ? 

 When planted in hills, at what distances each way? 

 What quantity of seed to an acre, and what the average crop, 

 when shelled ? 



How many times is it ploughed or hoed ? 

 Is corn ever planted in drills or rows ? 



In what manner do you apply gypsum to corn, at what times, and 

 in what quantities ? 



What are the comparative effects of gypsum and unleached ashes, 

 when applied to hills of corn, after hoeing ? 

 What rules do you observe in selecting seed-ears ? 

 What kinds of corn are preferable, either for the quantity they 

 yield, or for ripening early ? 



What remedies do you employ against worms, or, how do you pre- 

 pare the seed for planting ? 



Are the suckers ever removed, at what time, and what the effect 

 upon the crop ? 



Do you gather the ears only, or cut the stalk near the ground with 

 the ears upon it ? 



What is the comparative value of equal weights of the stalks of 

 corn and upland hay for fodder i* 



How many days' labor are expended on an acre, including the 

 housing and husking ? 



What is the usual mode of shelling corn ? What machines are 

 employed ? How many days' labor in shelling 100 bushels i* 

 Have you any observations on the use of corn and cob meal for 

 cattle or swine ? 



Is corn ever sown broadcast to be cut green for fodder ? 

 In ordinary seasons, what is the cost per bushel of cultivating corn, 

 including in the estimate a fair charge for the value of the seed, 

 manure, labor, &;c. ? 



[to be continued.] 



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For the Farmers' and Mechanics' Journal. 



Mr. Editor, — Your remarks upon the improvement of the 

 breed of Horses, in this section of New-England, are well timed. 

 There, perhaps, was rever more need of some well-directed exer- 

 tion in this business. Your notice of Mr. Williamson's Warrior, 



