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three years and an half old, and then fells 

 them fat. Alfo 20 bullocks, at 5I. which he 

 fells fat at 81. His cows he buys in May, 

 from 3I. to 3I. 1 os. each. The profit 40s. a 

 head. The beft grafs he has will carry a bul- 

 lock an acre. His fheep fyftem is to buy three 

 year old wethers in Oclober, at 25s. each, 

 which he begins to fell in the fpnng, and 

 through the fummer, at 34s. In the winter 

 they have hay. 



His improved courfe of crops is: 

 1. Turnips, or cabbages. 2. Barley, yield- 

 ing 20 barrels an acre. 3. Clover, and upon 

 that gralTes afterwards to lay down. 

 The courfes general are : 



1. Fallow. 1. Fotatoes. 



2. Wheat 7$ barrels an acre. 2. Wheat. 



3. Barley. 3. Barley, 14 barrels an acre. 



4. Oats. 4. Oats, 12 ditto. 



5. Fallow, and then as above. 



Their lands let at 30s. an acre, being a very 

 goodftony loam. Moft in this neighbourhood 

 were grazing ones, carrying bullocks and fheep; 

 but ilnce the premiums on land-carriage corn, 

 they have been broken up, and are now as 1 

 to 20. The number of fheep particularly is 

 fo much lefTened., that only four perfons, Mr. 

 Bun bury, the two Mr. Bernards', and Mr. 

 Keef, had, 20 years ago, more fheep among 

 them than there are now in the whole county. 



Having taken a fhort walk with Mr. Butler, 

 paiTed on to Captain Mercer's mill at Laugh- 

 lin-bridge. I had been told that this was one 

 of the moll confiderable mills in Ireland; and 



had 



