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GEOGRAPHY. 



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threshing, and other similar cccupations, the rotation of 

 crops, and whether, and under what circtimstaiices, more 



than one crop is raised in the year. 



Other inquiries may be usefully directed towards the 

 animals used for agricultural purposes or domestic eco- 

 nomy, in the field or in the farm-yard ; whether they are 



indigenous, or brought 



from 



or neighbouring 



countries; to what uses they are applied, whether for 

 draught, for food, or for clothing. How are they fed ? 

 Are they of a hardy or delicate constitution ? Have any 

 chano-es taken place of late years in the state of agricul- 

 ture and tillage? Is it in a course of progress or de- 



cay 



? What is the feeling of the hihabitants towards 

 it ? Is it practised by the majority, or only a small por- 

 tion of the population ? What buildings form a part of 



.s 



s, 



agricultural capital? farm-houses, barns, and cottages? 

 All these depend on the social state of the inhabitants. 

 Is the pursuit of agriculture esteemed or despised ? What 

 are the usual prices of provisions— animal and vegetable ? 

 To which do the inhabitants give a preference ? What 

 the principal produce of the country— vegetahles, fruit 

 cercalia, meat, or poultry ? What is the tenure of land ? 

 Is it distributed in large estates, or subdivided into small 

 properties ? Is it chiefly in fee, or held on long or short 



leases from year to year ? W 

 arable, meadow grass, or woodland ? What are the re- 

 spective quantities of each ? What is the nature of the 



chief feature 



soil, and what distinctions are there in it ? Is one kind 

 more adapted for one species of cultivation than another, 

 and whence is this dilFcrence derived, and by what natural 

 causes has it been occasioned or modified ? 



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