no BARG1E AND FORTH. 



From this account I wifhed for a recommenda- 

 tion to one of thefe fagacious friends. I ob- 

 ferved all the way I went, that the cabbins 

 were generally much better than any I had feen 

 in Ireland : lar^e ones, with two or three 

 rooms, in good order and repair, all with win- 

 dows and chimnics and little fries, for their 

 pigs and cattle. As well built as common in 

 England. 



Entering Forth I did not perceive any differ- 

 ence, but the foil is a reddifh good loam with- 

 out (tones. I went to St. Margaret's, and in- 

 troduced myfelf to Colonel Nun, who gave me 

 the following particulars, with the alfiftarce 

 of a neighbouring farmer. Barony of Forth 

 and Bargie farms generally 20 to 80 acres ; 

 but many of them hired in partnerfhip, and 

 when the children marry are fubdivided into 

 fmaller portions. Rent of the two baronies 

 on an average a guinea. The courfes : 



1. Potatoes. p. Summer fallow. -, 1 . Beans on lay. 



2. Flax or barley. \2. Barley. / 2. Barley. 



3. Leave it for a ^3. Beans. k. 3. Oats. 

 ibd, but mod fow 1 4. Oats. I 4. Barley, 

 clover and graffes. ^5. Graffes. J 5. Clover or tre- 



foile, for 2, 3, or 

 4 years, 



i. Fallow and marie. 2. Wheat. 3. Bar- 

 ley. 4. Oats. 5. Barley. 6, Clover, &c. 



For wheat they plough but once on the lay, 

 harrow in the feed and fhovel the furrows ; 

 fow in October one-half to three-fourths of a 

 barrel : fome ufe fpring wheat fown in March. 

 The crop generally is 10 to 20 barrels. For 



barley, 



