50 CASTLEMARTYR. 



rows i horfe and hand-hoed them perfectly, to 

 keep them free from weeds ; did it twice, and 

 purpofed oftener, but the growth of the crop 

 was fo luxuriant that neither the horfe nor hoe 

 could get through them. Took them up with 

 the plough, and the crop proved exceedingly 

 good, far better than they would have been in 

 the common method. 



DRILL HUSBANDRY. 



Lord Shannon's expreflion of this mode to 

 me was excellent, Ireadmyfelfintoit, and work- 

 ed my f elf out of it. He tried it with wheat, horfe 

 and hand-hoeing it perfectly, and got a very 

 fine crop; an unexceptionable one for the mode, 

 but the produce was not equal to the common 

 way, while the expenfe, trouble, and attention, 

 were endlefs, fo that he was convinced, even 

 by his fuccefs, that it could not be a beneficial 

 mode of culture. For turnips alfo he prefers 

 very much the broad-caft mode, and never be- 

 gan the drill method but as an eafe of hoeing. 



SOILING. 



Soiling horfes, &c. in fummer, with grafs 

 mown every day, Lord Shannon has praclifed 

 greatly, and finds it highly beneficial, and 

 particularly for raifmg great quantities of 

 dung. 



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