OF THE COUNTY OF DOWN. i 4 t 



he fleams potatoes for every animal about his houfe, 

 except his horfes and fheep, which get them raw: 

 the plan of the boiler is moft excellent ; he favoured 

 me with a drawing of it, which is at the fervice of the 

 Society. His cows, pigs, poultry, all are Ted with 

 fleamed potatoes. 



The iheep fyftem in this county, except amongft a 

 very few gentlemen who have flocks, would make a 

 perfon, ufed to a grazing country, fmile, or rather 

 wonder, how the towns in this part of the world are 

 fupplied with mutton : the (heep, which produce it, 

 being moftly bought fmgly, or in pairs, by the butch- 

 ers from the little farmers, who purchafe them in the 

 fame way, when lambs* and keep them one or two 

 years, as they find it profitable or convenient : of 

 courfe the mutton cannot be aged, being in moft cafes 

 not more than one or two years old. The lambs are 

 brought from the breeding countries, and are to be 

 met with in all the fummer fairs. Sheep thrive re- 

 markably well on this dry foil : by the fmall farmers 

 they are fattened in the houfe on boiled potatoes, oats, 

 and hay ; the mutton remarkably fweet. In the pof- 

 feflion. of gentlemen they are fed as in other countries. 

 They will do very well confined to the houfe, provided 

 they have fome foft food, and are put up in good or- 

 der : whether they will fatten this way from the begin- 

 ning, I do not know ; I fuppofe the confinement would 

 be too long. 



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