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with a fecond burning, after which oats may 

 be had, and laid down to grafs, which will 

 be good, but much better if gravelled. Dean 

 Coote has received from the Dublin fociety 

 feveral gold medals for the improvement of 

 bog, culture of turnips, &c. 



July 8th, left Shaen Caftle, and took the 

 road towards Athy; breakfafted with Dean 

 Wallh, at General Walfh's, in that gentle- 

 man's abfence. 



The General is a confiderable farmer, and 

 a yet greater improver; he has built 12 new 

 farm houfes, alio 30 cabbins that have 90 

 cows, and each 2 to 4 acres, at 20s. an acre. 



He has tried potatoes with the plough, in- 

 ftead of the trenching way, he manured 2 

 acres of Hong land with 400 load of dung, 

 which he ploughed in, and then dibbled the 

 fets in, 15 inches fquare, he hand-hoed them 

 twice, and got 176 barrels per acre. The 

 common crops do not exceed 90 barrels. 



He has generally 7 or 8 acres of turnips, 

 and 2 or 3 of cabbages, with which he feeds 

 both cattle and llieep, and with great fuccefs. 

 He practices tillage principally to bring his 

 land into order, and throws it into the fol- 

 lowing courfe. 



1 . Fallow. 2. Wheat. 3. Clover or tre- 

 foile, 2 years. 



When 



