BARGIE AND FORTH. in 



barley, which is their principal crop, they 

 plough twice ; fow one barrel and an half, get 

 10 to 15 barrels an acre. For oats they plough 

 but once, fow one barrel and an half, and get 

 10 or 12 barrels an acre. For peafe or beans 

 they plough but once, fow many beans on a 

 lay on one ploughing, one barrel and an half 

 per acre-, chopping anddreffing the clods fine, 

 get 5 to 20 barrels an acre, and fow barley af- 

 ter it. No turnips among the common far- 

 mers, though much of their land is fine dry 

 and found, but fome is very wet. 



Flax enough for their own ufe. Potatoes 

 they have of late began to put in with the 

 plough, but in common they are in the trench- 

 ing way. Their crops are very good. Marie 

 is very much ufed : it is a blue fort. They 

 lay large quantities on the fod, let it lie a year 

 or two before they plough it up, which they 

 find better than ploughing it directly. They 

 marie the fame land often : they drain only 

 with open cuts, no hollow ones done. 



Cattle very little attended to : only a cow 

 or two for the ufe of their families, and a few 

 fheep ; but they keep a great many pigs. All 

 that live near the fea, turn their pigs to the 

 fhore for fifh, fea- weed, &c. Manure with 

 fea- weed, which they lay on for barley; fome 

 frefh from the fea, others lay it in heaps to 

 rot, and many reckon it belt frefh. Plough- 

 ing all with horfes, four in a plough -, lay 

 their lands round to (hoot off the water. In 



ploughing 



