KILFAINE. 93 



It was impoffible for any one to take more 

 pains, that I fhould be well informed of every 

 particular concerning hufbandry, than Mr. 

 Bufhe; the following particulars I owe to his 

 moft amole intelligence. 



About Kilfaine, farms rife generally from 

 ioo to 200 acres, among many very fmall ones, 

 but fcarcely any fo high as 400 ; the foil a dry 

 found gravelly loam, with many ftones, much 

 inclinable to land. As fine turnip-land as any 

 in the world ; as to rent, there are three-fifths 

 of it good land, at 20s. an acre - 7 one-fifth 

 worfe, and fit for pafture 15s. and another 

 mountain and land of little value: the firft, 

 nothing j the other 5s. average 3s. and ge- 

 neral average 16s. 



The courfes of crops are, 



1. Fallow. 2. Wheat, fow 1 barrel, and 

 get on an average 6. 3. Barley, the crop 10 

 barrels. 4. Oats, the crop 8 ditto, or 



1. Fallow. 1. Fallow. 



2. Wheat. 2. Wheat, which furprized me 



3. Oats. much, for it is very co 



trary to the fpirit of f- 

 ceffive crops. 



1. Potatoes. 1. Potatoes. 



2. Wheat 2. Bere crop, 10 barrels. 



3. Barley. 3. Barley. 



4. Oats. 4. Oats. 



They plough three or four times for wheat, 

 fow from the end of September to the middle 

 of November. The firft ploughing is not till 



May 



