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acre. The depth fix inches for winter corn ; 

 they lay the lands in round ridges four or five 

 feet broad. Keeping a horfe the fummer at 

 grafs il. i os. No. cutting chaff, but throw 

 their own away in the winnowing. The hire 

 of a car, and horfe, and driver, ten-pence 

 a day. In hiring and flocking farms, they 

 will take one of 50 acres, without any thing 

 but four horfes and fix cows, depending for 

 food upon what they bring; for labour upon 

 themfelves and the cotters that come with 

 them $ and make none or fcarce any profit. 



Land fells at 21 years purchafe rack rent, 

 rents have fallen 25 per cent fince 1770. In 

 1768, 1769, and 1770, they were much above 

 their value. Tythes are compounded for, 

 wheat, bere, and barley 7s. oats 5s. meadow 2s. 

 fheep 3d. No tea drank. 



Leafes common are, 31 years to catholicks, 

 and three lives to proteftants. Great part of 

 the country let to middle men, who re-let it 

 to fub-tenants, generally with a profit greater 

 than they pay the landlord. Carry their corn 

 to the mill of Carrick five miles off. Rents of 

 cabbins 20 to 25s. with a rood of ground, if 

 land with it, which is generally the cafe, they 

 pay 30s. an acre. For grazing a cow 2£s. 

 and for a horfe 30s. No emigrations. Twen- 

 ty to one of the lower people Roman Ca- 

 tholics. 



Expenfe of building a cabbin 40s. and for 

 a farm of 50 acres 5I. They will hire farms 

 and take all the buildings upon themfelves. 



Both 



