400 I Assembly 



may seem strange, they are, however true, and any one who 

 doubts them, may visit the spot and have them abundantly de- 

 monstrated." AGRICOLA. 



Questions for Answer. 



In what condition was the land, how cropped and manured 

 in the three last years immediately preceding the experiment 1 



What area is thus used ? 



What is the surface soil ; as sand, clay, loam, gravel 1 



What is the subsoil 1 



Is the land plain, or in stetches or lands, and of what size ? 



How many grains dropped in each hole, and how deep 1 



What kind of wheat 1 



When is land seeded 1 



Is there a strenuous endeavor to obtain a very strong plant be- 

 fore winter ; how may we date that time ? 



Are we to understand the dibbling is distant one foot between 

 the rows, and also along each row, i. e. one foot square ? 



Could not a horse hoe, or cultivator, or broad share plough, 

 supercede the hand hoe, and save much of that expense ? 



If when the weeds are hoed off and burned before dibbling, 

 what guide has the dibbler to direct the planting in the intervals 

 between the late rows; for we suppose the fires would not spare 

 the stubble of the past crop when destroying the weeds by fire 1 



Why may not bone dust, or guano, or dry wood ashes alternate 

 with soot sometimes, where soot may be scarce ? 



Cannot the horse dibbling machine, executing three acres a 

 day, be substituted for the expensive hand dibble 1 



What is the land most like, of that which we have both known 

 at Ringmer, Henfield or Lambourne, or all of them ; if you think 

 it best to endeavor to describe them all, that I may possibly re- 

 member even one of thern ? 



Is the land inert or very active by reason of its heaving or fer- 

 menting quality, as by marl &c ? 



Your residence at Maplestead Hall, will doubtless facilitate 

 the investigation, and you will oblige many, very many by un- 

 dertaking it. Your affectionate brother, 



OB'H. ELLIOT. 

 The Club then adjourned. 



H. MEIGS, Sec'y. 



