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at feventeen guineas a feafon, and alfo at 

 i os. 6d. a ewe, which indicates a fpirited 'at- 

 tention. 



Hogs all the way from Limerick are of a 

 very good breed, far fuperior to the common 

 Irifh, and the number greatly increafed. 



RefpecYmg tillage, the chief is done by lit- 

 tle farmers, for the graziers apply themfelves 

 folely to cattle. It is entirely connected with 

 breaking up grafs for potatoes the quantity 

 (mall: 



i. Grafs potatoes. 2. Potatoes. 3. Bere. 

 4. Oats. 5. Oats, and then leave it for grafs 

 without fowing any feeds. With gentlemen 



it is, 







i. Potatoes. 2. Ditto. 3. Wheat. 4. Oats, 

 or Englifh barley. 5. Oats, left fmooth to 

 grafs itfelf Shame to them for being as bad 

 farmers as the Paddies ! 



The grafs is let for the potatoe crop to the 

 poor people, who pay from 5!. to fix guineas 

 an acre for it ; no manure ufed; nine barrels 

 of feed at 20 ftone, plant an acre; the ufual 

 feafon April and the beginning of May. In 

 planting, they dig the whole ground, except 

 the two firft fods, and when they have got 

 feven or eight feet, form trenches in the com- 

 mon manner j they weed them carefully; the 

 produce about 120 barrels per acre; price 2S. 



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