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three year-olds, at 263. -200 barren ewes, at 

 1 85* 2,000 fleeces, at 55, 400 two-year olds 

 400 year olds 500 Brood ewes 500 lambs 

 Land to feed this flock, 1000 acres. Alfo 

 1 20 bullocks 40 cows and fpayed heifers and 

 working bullocks for work, and milk breed- 

 ing. 30 horfes, mares, &c. 30 labourers, 

 5 fhepherds 20 acres of wheat 10 barley 

 10 oats 10 turnips 8 potatoes 60 mowing 

 ground Rent of this large tract of fheep-land 

 from 20 to 255. an acre. 



Farms are generally large, commonly 3 or 

 4000 acres, and rife up to 10,000, of which quan- 

 tity there is one farm, this is Mr. Macarthy's, 

 of Spring Houfe, nearTipperary, and is I fup- 

 pofe the mofl confiderable one in the world. 

 Here are fome of the particulars of it : 



9,000 acres in all io,oool. rent 8,000 



fheep 2,000 lambs 550 bullocks 80 fat 



cows 20,000!. value of flock 200 year- 

 lings 200 two-year olds 200 three-year olds 

 80 plough bullocks 1 80 horfes, mares and 

 foals- 15010 200 labourers-*- 200 acres tillage. 



Mr. Richard Dogherty, of Locklogher, 76 

 bags of wool at 5oolb. to 6oolb. this year. 

 Lofs of fheep and cattle one-half per cent. No 

 folding. For hiring and flocking, 5!. an acre. 

 A fhepherd is allowed four cows, a horfe, a 

 cabbin, and three acres of garden, and as 

 much hay as they like for their cattle. 



Slaughter 



