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tillage, is every year tinder corn, 25 years ago, 

 it was all at 10s. an acre, now 21s. Corn-acre 

 rents, 40 years ago, were 25s. — 25 years ago 

 30s. — now 3I. 1 2s. Conjectures one family to 

 every 10 acres in the county, exclusive of 

 towns : found this by obferving generally four 

 families to every farm of 40 acres. 



The general courfe of crops in Louth is : 1. 

 Fallow. 2. Wheat, the produce 6 barrels. 3. 

 Oats, ditto 15 barrels. 4. Barley, ditto 15 

 barrels. 5. Oats. 6. Grafs feeds fown, or 

 left wafte to turf itfelf. 



In his Lordfliip's circuits through the north 

 of Ireland he was, upon all occalions, atten- 

 tive to procure information relative to the 

 linen manufacture. 



It has been his general obfervation, that 

 where the linen manufacture fpreads the tillage 

 is very bad. Thirty years ago the export of 

 linen and yarn about 500,0001. a year; now 

 1,200,000!. to 1,500,0001. The chief baron 

 has taken fome pains to compare the linen and 

 woollen manufactory for Ireland, and found 

 from the clofeft infpe&ion that the people em- 

 ployed in the linen earned one-third more 

 than thofe in the woollen. One itone of wool 

 is the produce of an acre of grafs, which feeds 

 two and an half, or three fheep. Raw, it is 

 equal to one-third of the manufactured value, 

 and at 10s. is only il. 10s. grofs produce. -An 

 acre of flax at 8cwt. and he has had i2cwt. 



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