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Mr. Lowther, to whom I had a letter, not 

 being at home, I was forced to take refuge in 

 a cabbin, called an inn, at Ratoath. Prefervc 

 me, fates ! from fuch another. 



In their ftrong lands about Kilrue their 



courfes are : — j. Fallow. 2. Wheat, yielding 

 8 to 15 barrels an acre. 3. Oats, 9 to 20 

 barrels. 



1. Potatoes 80 barrels. 1. Potatoes. 



2. Beans 7 to 15. 2. Barley 9 to 14, 



3. Oats. 3. Oats. 



Limeftone gravel they ufe in great quanti- 

 ties ; lay it on a fallow, and it lafts 7 years, 

 the expenfe from 4I. to 81. Lime they alfo 

 have, but find that it will not laft like gravel. 

 Hollow, called French drains, are very gene- 

 ral, even among the common farmers : fome 

 done with flones, but much with fods, laid 

 an edge in the ground, they dig them 2£ or 3 

 feet deep, at two feet and an half, the expenfe 

 is 5d. a perch. At 3 feet it is 8d. Clover 

 they fow pretty much, let it lie two years, 

 and then break it up for oats on one plough- 

 ing. They fow it on both winter and fpring 

 corn. The poor give 5I. 5s. an acre for lay to 

 plant potatoes on, and the fame for ftubbled 

 ground dunged. A cabbin and half an acre 

 of land 30s. rent, and 30s. more for a cow's 

 feed. Farms rife to 300 acres, and rents frqm 

 1 8s. to 25s. an acre. 



July 19th, left Ratoath, parTing Robert's- 

 town, found much of the land a ftrong loam 



without 



