44 STATISTICAL SURVEY 



T.he fpring is the feafon of fevere trial for food 

 for cattle : a little rape at that time would be found 

 of infinite ufe, the procuring of which is altnoft in 

 the power of every farmer : the feed is of little or 

 no value, and the foil is prepared to his hand by the 

 Jate crop of potatoes. 



Wheat and rye ftraw will laft double the length of 

 time, for thatch, as oat and barley ilraw j this would 

 be found of the utmoft confequence, in point of en- 

 creafmg manure. 



From what I have faid upon this head, I beg it may 

 not be underftood, that I wUh to leflen the quantity of 

 oats raifed : if horfes, pigs, and poultry were fully 

 ferved, the whole would be found little enough, with 

 the addition of the wheat and rye, that might be 

 raifed . 



SECT. 4. Ufe of Oxen. 



VERY little ufe is made of oxen in the county. Some 

 years ago, in Lord Mountjoy's demefne, oxen were 

 found of great ufe for ploughing deep foils, where it 

 was neceflary to plant, which was performed by the 

 Kentifti wheel-plough, drawn by fix bullocks, which 

 commonly were harnefled by the yoke placed to the 

 {boulder of the animal. This fubject, with many others 

 relative to improvements, I mean to referve for a fepa- 



rate 



