Heads of Enquiries , to be diftributed to perfons Experienced 
in Husbandry all over England, Scotland, and Ireland, for the 
procuringa faithful and /|p information of the-j|0*jfc& and 
praftice already obtained and ufed in thefe Kingdoms ; where- 
by , befides the aid which by this means will be given to the 
general End of collecting the aforementioned Hiftory , every 
place will be advantaged by the helps, that are found in any, 
ana occafion miniftred to confider, what improvements may 
be further made in this whole matter. Now to the End,that 
thofe Enquiries may be the more universally known , and 
thofe who are skilful in Husbandry, pubhekly invited to 
impart their knowledg herein, for the common benefit of their 
Countrey, it hath been thought fit to publifli the effeU of 
them in Print, and withall to defire, that what fuch perfons 
fhall think good from their own Jfnovcledg and Experience to 
communicate hereupon, they would be pleafed to fend it 
to he Printers of the foyal Society, to be delivered to either of 
the Secretaries of the fame. The Enquiries follow. 
i .For Arable. 
1. The feveral kindsof the foyls of England , being fuppo- 
fed to be , either Sandy, Gravelly, Stony, Clayie, Chalky, 
Light-mould, Heathy, Marifh, Boggy, Fenny , or Cold wee- 
ping Ground } information is defired , what kind of foyls 
your Country doth moft abound with, and how each of them 
is prepared,when employed for Arable > 
2. What peculiar preparations are made life of to thefe Soyls 
for each kind of Grain ; with what kind of Manure they are 
prepared, when, how,& in what quantity the Manure is laid on? 
3. At what feafons and how often they are ploughed ; what 
kind of Ploughs are ufed for feveral forts of Ground? 
4. How long the feveral Grounds are let ly fallow ? 
f How, and for what productions ,Heathy Grounds may be 
improved?And who they are(if there be any in your Country) 
that have reduced Heaths into profitable Lands ? 
6 . What ground Marie hath overhead? How deep gene- 
rally it lieth from the furface ? What is the depth of the Marie 
it felf ? What the colour of it ? Upon what grounds it is ufed? 
What 
