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pigs. It is to the polite attention of Mr. 

 Rowley, I owe the following information. 

 About Summerhill the foil is moftly ftror.g 

 ftony land, on clay, but naturally fertile. He 

 lets it at about 20 s. an acre, which is the 

 average rent of the whole county of iVltath 

 to the occupier ; but if the tenures of middle 

 men are included, it is not above 14s. This 

 intermediate tenant, between landlord and 

 occupier, is very common here. The farmers 

 are very much improved in their circumflances 

 fince about the year 1752. At a rack-rent, 

 the land fells at 21 years purchafe; but 

 according to circumiiances, to 26 and 27. 

 Whenever a number of years purchafe of land 

 is mentioned in Ireland, it implies a neat rent, 

 without any deductions whatever. A conrfe 

 of crops very common here is from the lay. 



1. "Wheat, the crop 6 barrels. 



2. Wheat. 



3. Oats, the crop 10 barrels. 



4. Oats. 



5. Clover. 



6. Clover. 



Potatoes are much planted, the bell: land 

 yields 100 to 120 barrels per acre, but a mid- 

 dling produce 80, at 32 ftone the barrel. 

 The poor pay 61. or 61. 6 s. an acre rent for 

 grafs land to plant, and 3 1. or 4I. for a fe- 

 cond crop. They are every where ufed for 

 feeding hogs and poultry. Mr. Rowley has 

 fattened worked oxen of five years old in 

 eight weeks on them parboiled, with hay be- 



fides. 



