138 farmers'' and mechanics' journal. 



At what age killed, and what their average weight ? 



About what number of average size are fatted annually for the 



market in your town ? 



How many bushels of potatoes are equal to one bushel of corn for 



fattening hogs ? 



miscellaneous questions. 



31. In whal manner are new lands prepared for cultivation ? 

 What is the usual succession of crops for three or four years after 

 dealing the land ? 



How many years are new or burnt lands cultivated, before the ap- 

 plication of manure becomes necessary ? 



32. What quantity of sugar is annually obtained from a maple 

 of average size ? 



What is the mode of collecting the sap, and preparing the sugar? 

 What effect has the loss of the sap upon the tree, and in what time 

 does the effect begin to show itself? 



33. What methods are pursued for draining swamps and low 

 grounds, and preparing them for grass, or tillage ? 



84. What are the best methods pursued for destroying bushes^ 

 brakes, thistles, &;c. ? 

 What is the proper time for cutting them ? 



35. What is the best season for cutting timber, that it may be 

 durable ? 



36. Are the older farms furnished with a supply of wood, and is 

 the annual increase of that generally equal to the consumption ? 



37. What is the best method of recovering worn-out or exhaust- 

 ed soils to a good state, without expensive manures ? 



38. Are any efforts made to irrigate (or water) fields by dam- 

 ming, and changing the courses of springs or small streams ? 



39. Do you preserve good and improve your seeds and roots by 

 exchange from different climates and soils, or by selecting from 

 your own growt^i those sfceds and roots, which are produced by the 

 earliest and most flourishing plants ? 



40. Do you employ any valuable agricultural tools or imple- 

 ments not generally known ? 



What machines for threshing, shelling, winnowing, cutting straw, 

 iSic, are most in use and approved ? 



41. What is the price per acre of farms, of average quality, in 

 your vicinity, and containing from 50 to 150 acres ? 



42. What are the principal articles, which your town furnishes 

 for market ; and in about what quantities, or to what probable 

 amount. 



HEMP. 



There has been, and still is, much talking, writing and scolding, 

 respecting the new Tariff, Many gloomy things have been predict- 

 ed, and much shuffling and backbiting among the virulent of each 

 party ; each endeavoring to throw the real or imaginary odium on 



