OF THE COUNTY OF* DOWN. i 



the fields the fource of his future harvefts. The Agri- 

 cultural Society of this county having taken up this 

 matter fo warmly, makes it unnecefTary for me to dwell 

 any longer upon this fubjecl; I fhall therefore mention 

 fome other vegetables, which, in their proper foils, 

 mufl prove advantageous to the farmer. Carrots, in 

 fandy or light loamy foils; at Eglantine Mr. Moore has 

 fed his horfes on carrots this winter, 1801; they pre- 

 fer them to any food, look well, and are in good fpirits. 

 Parfnips the fame gentleman finds excellent; and I am 

 informed by the Rev. William Moore, his brother, that 

 fome bullocks of his, which had been fed with pota- 

 toes, upon having parfnips given to them, immediately 

 kft the potatoes until the parfnips were finished. 



Beans ; although patches of beans are to be feen in 

 open fields, in feveral places, they are not cultivated to 

 any effect, except by Mr. Chrifty, who has fown them 

 after wheat, and horfe-hoed them ; but a confiderable 

 part of them having been ftolen, he could not afcer- 

 tain the produce. Vetches, alfo, have been tried by 

 Mr. Moore, both for green food and for winter feed- 

 ing. ' This year he intends extending his crop, from 

 the fdccefs of lafl year's produce. 



Hemp I underftood had been cultivated in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Hollywood, but after the moft diligent 

 inquiry made by a very intelligent gentleman, no fads- 

 factory account could be obtained, relative to the quan- 

 tity 



