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6. Present state of agriculture; the several crops cultivated, their 
respective yields and market value. Also, all industrial pursuits con¬ 
nected with farming, such as the manufacture of maple sugar, how 
managed in its preparation, &c. 
. 7. Adaptation of crops, as grains, grasses, and roots, to different 
soils, showing the arrangement which in this respect has been found 
by experience to be most judicious and profitable. 
8. Fruits and fruit trees; having particular reference to the adap¬ 
tation of the various species to the different soils (mentioned under 
head No. 2) and how far the productiveness, health, or longevity of 
the trees are affected by the nature of the soil, &c. 
9. Weeds and pernicious plants, describing those most injurious, 
whether indigenous or introduced, and giving the most improved 
modes for their eradication. 
10. Insects, describing those which are prejudicial to the farmer, 
and noticing the most effectual means of preventing their ravages. 
11. Implements; having regard to any peculiarity of construction, 
and noticing any improvements which may have been adopted in their 
form, mode of manufacture, or uses. 
12. Live stock; horses, cattle, sheep and swine; showing the num¬ 
bers of each of these classes kept in the county, their diseases and 
mode of curing them; the different breeds, and as far as maybe, the 
relative value of each for different purposes; the relative value of 
horses and oxen lor labor on the farm; and any facts in regard to 
the profits and most economical management of poultry of different 
kinds. 
13. Feeding and fattening animals; having regard to the most 
profitable modes, and the relative value of different kinds of grain, 
roots, apples, pumpkins, grasses, (both in their green and dry state) 
or any plants for feeding laboring animals, (whether horses or oxen,) 
milch cows, or for fattening cattle, swine or sheep. 
14. Dairies and dairy produce; showing the quantity of butter and 
cheese produced, the quantity per cow, the best modes of making 
these articles, and the kind of pasture and food, as well as the ge¬ 
neral management, which is found most profitable. 
