66 PACKENHAM. 



He applies his grafs to fattening cows, &c. 

 in the fyftem I have mentioned more than once ; 

 fheep he both buys in to fat, and keeps his own 

 breeding ftock. 



He is very attentive in fattening his we- 

 thers ; he buys in October at 30s. or 32s. each, 

 begins at Chriftmas to feed them with bran 

 and oats, one quart of each per diem, and con- 

 tinues it for three months: has fold at 3I. 5s. 

 but on an average at 40s. This he thinks 

 better and cheaper than turnips, which he has 

 tried, but finds too dear in the expenfe of 

 drawing, and if fed in the field, thinks half 

 of them loft -, the oats at 5s. 6d. a barrel, the 

 bran at is. 



£• * * 



90 Days oats il. fay 3 bufhels, at 5s. 6d. a 



barrel - 



90 Ditto bran - 



It was with regret I heard that the rent of a 

 man who had been fo ipirited an improver, 

 fhould be raifed fo exceedingly. He merited 

 for his life the returns of his induftry. But 

 the cruel laws againft the Roman Catholics of 

 this country, remain the marks of illiberal 

 barbarifm. Why fhould not the induftrious 

 man have a fpur to his induflry whatever be 

 his religion ; and what induftry is to be ex- 

 pected from them in a country where leafes 

 for lives are univerfal, if they are fecluded 

 from terms common to every one elfe? What 

 mifchief could flow from letting them have 



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