OF THE COUNTY OF TYRONE. 45 



rate chapter, which fhall include the bulk of the im- 

 provements of Rafh * demefne and its appendages, as 

 it is apprehended, that a curfory view of thofe exten- 

 five improvements might not do fufficient juftice to the 

 fubjecl:, nor would the reader be able to comprehend 

 them in fo clear a light, as if brought under one gene- 

 ral head. 



It is not uncommon, in many parts of the county, to 

 meet, among the farmers, fmart aclive little bullocks, 

 employed in the Hide-car (which fhall be taken notice 

 of in the next feftion), drawing turf, manure, lime- 

 ftone, &c.j and, from the habit of being in company 

 with horfes, they move as fafl as them. It alfo fre- 

 quently happens with a poor farmer, who may have 

 the misfortune to lofe one of his horfes in fpring, 

 to be obliged to join a bullock with a horfe to 

 plough his land; indeed there are frequent inftances 

 of his being obliged to yoke his cow for the fame 

 purpofe. 



In a mountainy country, as this is, and where the 

 farms in general are fo extremely fmall, horfes will al- 

 ways fuperfede oxen in cultivating the foil. In level 

 countries, and where there are large farms, where a 

 long, fleady courfe of tillage is the principal objeft, 



oxen 



* Rafh is the prefent name, which is derived from a rath, or 

 Danifli fort. It is in contemplation to change the name to 

 Mountjoy Park. 



