The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-09
s4.h. win Rye yield a profit Il sown 10

the Autumn. and fed off in the spring. & to
what species of stock is it best suited.
S5th. The soil and culture that are best
suited TO hemp. the expence and produc,
S6th. A detailed account of the whole ma
Engagement of hemp from the preparation OF
the ground to the dressing it. and prepar-
ing 't for market-An estimate of the ex
tpence and product.
S7th. Do. as to Flax.
38th. Do. AS to cotton.
29th. The best mode of draining of sw amp
lands, and converting them into meadow.
40th. How are watered meadows best
formed, and what soils and situations in he
middle and lower country can be improved
in this way with advantage.
4ist. Is there any method by which lu-
lcerne, clover or land under tillage can be
watered with advantage. in those districts OF
country.
42d. Are embankments practicable on an
extended scale on the larger rivers, above
or below tide water, and the mode of form
ing them.
43d. What green food is best suited to cat
tie in the winter, & early in the spring, which
will best answer the expence of cultivation Il.
44th. Have lucern, saintfoin, vetches or
chicory been cultivated by any person to a
considerable extent, and with what sue
cess.
4s,h. Do. as to cabbages. parsnips, car
rets and pumpkins il course of field cul-
tivated for the use of cattle.
10th. What soils and situations are best
suited for turnips; which is the best mode of
lcutivatihg them for the use of stock on
large scale, how are they best preserved, &
which is the best application ofthem.
| 18Th. Which is the best method of secu-
ring large crop of clover Hay.
| <Sth. To what kind of stock is it best sui
ted
4sth. The forming and management of
timothy meadows will they succeed in the
Hover country, and under what circumstan-
ices.
soth. Are there any other meadow grasses
that are to be preferred to timothy, and in
what soils.
| 51st Will burnett answer when cultivated
on an extended scale, what soils is it best
suited to, how is it to be cultivated, and what
is the best application oft.
| SD. The comparative advantages and
disadvantages of the use of horses and mules
in husbandry, and the soils and situations to
which they are respectively best suited.
SD. Do. of horses and oxen.
| 54th.- The best representatives. and cure of
the disease among h orned cattle called the
lbloody murrain--The history of it's origin SS
progress in this country. and whether it is
more contagious in one district than ano-
Their.
55th. The causes and cure of the disease
lamong Horses called the yellow water--Is
lit contagious and under what circumstan
Ices
56th. Tine diseases of sheep. how are they
best guarded against and what are the re-
NEEDLES.
57.h. The best breeds of cattle, sheep or
hogs in any particular district, are there a
ny situations tn which they are better sui
tied than others-and is there any particular
system of management to which the differ
lent breeds are respectively best suited.
5Sth. The best means of increasing the
stock of sheep-to what soils and situations
lare they best suited
5ath. The most advantageous mode Of
raising and fattening hogs within Enclosures.
s60th VIII the practice of shutting I'D
Icattle, and supplying them with green food
in the growing seasons instead of turning
lthem Quito pasture, answer in this country?
Has the experiment ever been tried, and to
what situations is it best suited.
6rst. The most beneficial application of
Plaster, and to what soils it is best suited
62d. The quantity of plaster sufficient to
, manure an acre-How often should IL be
repeated with specification of the soils to
which it has been applied.
63d. Is there any species of fossil manure
!. that can be found in large quantities in the
. Middle Country, and that can be used to
Iadvantagel
Gath. Is marie (properly so called) to be
found in the upper country, has it ever been
used as manure, and with what success ?
o5th: Has marie ever been used in the
lower Country--Have the strata of shells
That abound there been ever found benef-
Icial as manurcs -
66th. Will Green Crops raised and turn
ed in by the Plough improve the Land, and
Will the Improvement be equal to the ex
Ipence.--What plants are best suited to this
purpose, and the mode of cultivation
| 9th. Which is the best method of turn
ng straw, AID corn-stalks into manure.
6Sth. How is the greatest Quantity of ma
inure to be obtained from Stock in the win
ter, due at,ehtion being paid to keeping
then, in order
69h. Is the practice of folding cattle. and
sheep III the summer, on the whole, advan-
tageous or otherwise, and what are the par
ticular advantages or disadvantages of it as
we'll with reference to the Stock as the
Land to what soils is il best suited .
7oth. The best application of manure in
rotation of Crops in which wheat and In
dian corn are included
71st. Do. where tobacco and wheat are
cultivated-due attention being paid TO the
nature of the soil in each instance
72d. Is manure applied with most advan-
tage in fresh state or after it has gone
Through a fermentation
73d. The best mode Of raising large duan-