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As this is the first agricultural survey which has been undertaken 
by the State Agricnltural Society, and upon its successful result will 
depend whether the survey be continued in future years to other coun¬ 
ties or not, it becomes of the highest importance that the work should 
be done with such particularity and care, as will secure a complete 
and finished return. It is desirable that the survey, when completed, 
should be embraced in an octavo volume of some 200 pages; but this 
will depend in some measure upon the extent to which it may be 
lengthened by subjects of importance which may require particular 
notice. 
vi,The executive committee rely upon your ability to perform the work 
in a manner that will be creditable to the society, and so as to be 
an enduring monument to yourself in the future history of the agri¬ 
culture of the State. 
I am, very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
B. P. JOHNSON, 
Secretary JY. F. State. Jig. Society. 
PLAN OF THE PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF 
WASHINGTON. 
1. Geographical and topographical description of the county. 
2. Geological features, minerals and fossils, nature of the soil, dis¬ 
tinguishing that composed of the “ northern drift” or of transported 
materials from that produced from the rocks of the immediate neigh¬ 
borhood. 
3. Length of time the soil has been under cultivation; the origi¬ 
nal growth of timber, and the time it was first cut off. 
4. Date of the first settlement of the several parts of the county, 
and the origin and general character of the settlers. 
5. Condition and progress of agriculture from the first settlement 
to the present time, showing what have been the improvements and 
causes which have produced them; what have been the staple crops, 
the mode of their cultivation, and as fhr as may be practicable, the 
actual profits of each, at different periods. 
