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of wheat 10 barrels to 15. Bere 15 to 18. 

 Barley 12 to 18. Oats 12 to 15. Their tur- 

 nips they feldom fow before the i2th of July. 

 Their manures are lime and lime-ftone 

 gravel, the gravel for crops, and lime for 

 grafs ; they ufe it on lime-ftone land, and 

 with great fuccefs. The foil a mellow, dry 

 fandy, or gravelly loam, on lime-ftone or lime- 

 ftone gravel. Much bog in this country, that 

 of Allen comes in a line through the Queen's 

 County to within three miles of Cafhel. One- 

 fifth of Tipperary, mountain, the reft 20$. 

 an acre. Land fells at 20 years purchafe. 

 Rents have fallen four or five fhillings an 

 acre fince 1771 and 1772. 



Price of Cattle. 



Yearling bullock, 3!. to 3!. los. Store bul- 

 lock, 61. to 7!. Fat ditto, lol. to 12!. Profit 

 on a bullock, 4!. to 4!. los. A bullock fat of 

 ten guineas, weighs 6 cwt. 



Newtown, 250 acres, a farm of Mr. 

 Dogherty's, under bullocks from May to No- 

 vember, and 1 1 oo lambs all winter through. 



I had heard much of the late Mr. Keating's 

 farm, of Garranlad, as the largeft that ever 

 was j his fon gave me the following particu- 

 lars of it: 



io,oool. a year rent. 13,800 Irifh acres. 

 3,000 head of black cattle. 16,300 fheep. 

 300 horfes. 500 couple -of ducks. 300 



turkies. 



