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20. Tares, Have yon cuUivated tares ? 



If so, what observations have you made on the mode of culture, 

 and the vahie of the crop ? 



21. Hops. What soil is found favorable for hops ? 



How is it prepared, and manured, and how are the hops cultivated ? 

 What number of pounds are obtained from an acre ? 



22. Potatoes. How many acres, or, what proportion of tilled 

 land, on farms of average size, are generally planted with potatoes? 

 What soils are preferable ? What manure is usually employed, in 

 what quantity, and how applied ? 



Do you plant them in hills or in drills ? 



What quantity of seed do you plant on an acre, and what the ave- 

 rage product, stating whether in hills or drills, and at what dis- 

 tances planted in each case ? 

 How often ploughed or hoed ? 



What rules do you observe in selecting potatoes for seed ? 

 What experiments and their results on planting large and small 

 whole potatoes, or the seed end, or the middle part of the potato, 

 or the eyes only ? 



What quantity of seed do you put into a hill ? 

 AVhat sorts are considered best, on account of the quantity they 

 yield, or of good flavor for the table, or for ripening early ? 

 How do you apply gypsum, in what quantity, and with what suc- 

 cess ? 



How many bushels of potatoes are equivalent in value to one 

 bushel of corn ? 



How many days' labor in cultivating an acre of potatoes, including 

 the digging and getting in of the crop ? 



What experiments have you made on improving potatoes by plant- 

 ing the seed contained in the balls or apples ? 



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

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

 seed, manure, labor, &;c. 1 



23. Onions. What soil and manure are best suited to this root ? 

 How is the seed sown, and what the mode of culture ? 



What quantity of seed to a square rod, and what the average pro- 

 duct ? 



24. Root Crops. Are Turnips, Carrots, Mangel Wurtzel, Ruta 

 Baga, (or Swedish Turnip,) cultivated in considerable quantities, as 

 winter food for cattle ? 



What soil is preferred, how is it prepared and manured, and what 

 is the particular mode of cultivation, in regard to each of the afore- 

 mentioned roots ? 



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

 each kind ? 



Are they given raw or cooked to the cattle ? If cooked, in what 

 manner ? 



All facts on the importance of these crops in wintering stock are 

 requested. 



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