I4 6 CASTLE OLIVER. 



Brought over 



A bullock 5!. intereft at 6 per cent. 

 Labour i s. 6d. an acre 



Profit on a bullock 



Winter food,, two fheep at 55. 



Expenses 

 Profit 



From this is to be deduced the whole of 

 chances, the lofs of cattle, &c. and from what 

 I was able to pick up, I have reafon to believe 

 that it does not exceed los. an acre at mofl. 

 The fum neceffary to ftock 61. an acre. I muft 

 obferve that the profit is very low for land to 

 yield, which is of fuch extraordinary fertility j 

 it is of that foil which would do very well for 

 tillage, for though it is not dry, yet it has not 

 the wetnefs of our Englifh clays, and would 

 in a eourfe of good tillage, pay infinitely bet- 

 ter as every perfon muft admit who are at all 

 acquainted with the wet lands of Norfolk, 

 Suffolk, Eflex, &c. I am however very far 

 from recommending it, for if the Irifh tillage 

 fhould be introduced, the very contrary would 

 be the ca(e, and the landlord iuffer exceedingly 

 from his eftate being exhaufted. In no part 

 of Ireland have I feen more carelefs manage- 

 ment 



