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July 1 ft, left Slaine, taking the road to- 

 wards Kells. Galled at Gibbs town, where 

 Mr. Gerard has one of the moil considerable 

 farms in the country. He very kindly (hew- 

 ed me it, and explained the management His 

 bullocks he buys in October at iol. each, and 

 fells them in fummer with 4I. piofit: the 

 cows in May, at 5I. 10 s. and fells them 

 before winter from 30s. to 40s. profit. He 

 mows 100 acres of hay for the fheep and bul- 

 locks, and keeps good after-grafs befides. 

 The bullocks in winter have nothing but hay 

 and grafs, and are always in the fields, there 

 being no fuch thing in this country as fod- 

 dering yards for winter feeding. Two bul- 

 locks require three acres. The fields being 

 generally large, a proportion of ftack is 

 thrown to each, which are left to fat j but if 

 any do not feem to thrive well, they are 

 drawn from them and put into better food. 



The fheep Mr. Gerard buys in October, 

 three year old wethers, at 25s. he begins to 

 fell in April, and by Auguft they are gene- 

 rally gone at about 35s. on an average. Fat- 

 ting, in this manner, he thinks more advan- 

 tageous than ewes and lambs. The winter 

 fheep have hay in bad weather. 



The beft cattle come from Galway, Mayo, 



and Rofcommon. Mr. Gerard thinks the crofs 



of the Englim breeds in Ireland has done 



good, except in the hides, which are much 



E 2 thinner 



