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mon stock of the country. The whole fanning 

 system of Ireland is defective; and, although graz- 

 ing is better understood here than tillage, it is still 

 in its infancy. The usual practice is to iatten in the 

 field, on grass alone, without the assistance of ar- 

 tificial grasses, roots, or oil-cake. The beasts are 

 purchased at the fairs without any regard to the 

 breed; and being, in a large proportion, bred from 



cottagers' cows, which are necessarily taken from 

 the worst stock, they are commonly ill-shaped and 

 ill-thriven. The truth is, that capital is wanting; 

 but it is to be hoped that those unhappy dissen- 

 sions which had destroyed confidence will now no 

 longer distract so fiiir a portion of the empire, and 

 that so ])romising a field tor the enterprising agri- 

 culturist will not continue to suffer neo-lect. 



