744 BALLY-GARTH, 

 fiderable quantities. In fevcral particulars, 

 which I faw myfclf, Mr. Pepper appears an 

 excellent farmer. His quick fences were in 

 perfecl order ; his wet lands hollow drained, 

 and the mouths of the drains well faced with 

 ftone. The old ditch earth on the borders of 

 his fields was carting away to form compofts ; 

 he did it by contract, the men digging and 

 leading it from 20 to 30 perches, driving and 

 finding horfes and cars at 5d. a fcore loads, each 

 a barrel. This is much ogainft the Jrifh cars, 

 lor 4 horfes carry but 16 bufhels of earth, 

 whereas 3 in an Englifli cart would carry dou- 

 ble that. Mr. Pepper is much a friend to them 

 for fome things, but in others thinks that two 

 horfe carts are preferable; with 2 horfes in a 

 well made cart, he fends 10 barrels to Dublin, 

 whereas 2 horfes in 2 cars carry but 5 or 6 bar- 

 rels, which is a great inferiority ; but he likes 

 the little one horfe cart better ftill, which 

 brings him 3 barrels of coals, lime, &c. A cir- 

 cumftance in the fattening of cattle, in w T hich 

 he is peculiar, is, not letting his bulls go among 

 his fattening cows; he never does this, and 

 finds that they fat as well without as with it. 

 In breeding fheep he is attentive, finding it a 

 profitable branch of farming. He keeps his 

 lambs till they are 2-year-old wethers, and fells 

 them in fpring at 35s. each on an average ; but 

 could not do it without the affiftance of turnips. 

 His ewes clip 81b. of wool, and his lambs 7 lb. 

 20 acres of grafs will carry 100 through the 

 year, except the turnip feafon. SeafandMr. 

 Pepper fpreads on his clay meadows, and finds 

 the benefit of it very great. 



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