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bog, the premiums of the Dublin Society have 

 induced them to do it : which are now 50s, an 

 acre : by gradual draining, either from cutting 

 turf, or making bounds, or from drainings 

 purpofely done, they get to peat, and burn 

 it 4 to 6 inches deep, at 20s. an acre, and fow 

 bere, rye, or potatoes; the bere does beft, 

 and next year another crop of corn • and then 

 another burning, and two more crops, the 

 potatoes are wet, but will do for feed, and 

 they will efcape the froft in a bog, when 

 they are killed in the high lands. They pay 

 nothing for the bog, having land adjoining. 



They lay the bits down to grafs, fowing 

 feeds, but the crop is generally very thin and 

 poor, and after a year or two, burn it again ; 

 fometimes put out a little dung or gravel on 

 the grafs, and plant it with potatoes. Some 

 have put potatoes in upon a red bog, with no 

 other preparation, than laying a poor, fharp, 

 fandy gravel on it, and got tolerable crops. 



Mr. Johnfton has cultivated cabbages for 

 feveral years. In 1772 he had one acre, in 

 1 773 21, and ilnce that, between 1 and 2 acres 

 every year. The great Scotch fort which he 

 fows in February, and plants out in 4 feet 

 rows, and 18 inches, from plant to plant, the 

 beginning of June. If the plants are not in 

 the ground then, the crop will not be good. 

 Ploughs for them twice, and dungs richly in 

 the furrows. Horfe hoes twice or thrice, and 

 hand weeds them ; they come from 5- to 1 £ lb. 



but 



