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Weftmeath, and one from Mid-Lothian in Scotland 

 (all at Rafh), are beginning to open the eyes of the 

 neighbouring farmers. Thefe acquifitions, with the 

 fpirited exertions of Mr. Buchanan, near Omagh, who 

 is moft indefatigable in the ufeful purfuits of agricul- 

 ture, I hope will, in a fhort time, reform our fyftem ; 

 indeed already there are vifible appearances of a re- 

 formation. 



Almoft as little can be faid in favour of the harrow, 

 as of the plough. There is only one kind in general 

 ufe ; it confifts of four baulks or main pieces, con- 

 taining twenty pins or tines, and is commonly drawn 

 on the angle. Sometimes two harrows are fattened to- 

 gether, efpecially in dry weather, and at the time of 

 feed-fowing ; in this cafe, two cattle are made ufe of, 

 yoked abreaft. The fingle harrow is commonly drawn 

 by one beaft. 



In ploughing, more than two horfes are feldom 

 ufed, and, in many fituations, that number is fufficient. 

 It is a well-known facl, however, that the fcanty crops 

 of oats we commonly meet with, and particularly the 

 fourth and fifth in courfe, may be chiefly attributed to 

 (hallow ploughing. There cannot be a more clear in- 

 flance of this, than what has repeatedly occurred at 

 Ram, in laying down the fmall diftricls occupied 

 by farmers and labourers, who knowing, that they 

 would be obliged to give up at ftated periods, ftiewed 

 no mercy, but cropped on every year with exbaufting 



crops, 



