CASTLEMARTYR. 53 



LINEN MANUFACTORY. 



Lord Shannon eftablifhed a factory atClogh- 

 nickelty, in the year 1769, a bleach yard of 

 feventeen acres of land, with mills, &c. for 

 bleaching the pieces that are wove in the neigh- 

 bourhood. There are 94 looms at work in 

 the town, lool. a week laid out in yarn, and 

 at three fairs, iSool. the amount of which is 

 7000!. a year ; the cloth chiefly coarfe: and 

 this eftablifhment has had great effect in in- 

 creafing the manufactures in the neighbour- 

 hood. 



COMPOSTS. 



He is exceedingly attentive in forming com- 

 pofts. A river runs through Caftlemartyr, 

 part of which is often full of fand and mud ; 

 this he empties periodically and mixes it with 

 lime. In one field I faw larger compoft heaps 

 of thefe materials, than I remember any where 

 elfe to have obferved; one of thefe was 105 

 yards long, nine broad, and four feet high, 

 containing cubical yards 1260 



Another, 78 and 8 broad, and 4 feet high 832 

 Another, 155 by 5, and 4 feet high - 1033 

 Another, 76 by 5, and 4 feet high - - 506 



Total 3631 



Among thefe hills were 2000 barrels, or Scoo 



bufhels of lime mixed : after this it is need- 



2 lefs 



