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fhould have given much attention to agricul- 

 ture ; yet has he not neglected it. In order 

 to improve the breed of cattle in the country, 

 he brought from England a bull and feveral 

 cows of the true Teefwater breed, of a vaft 

 fize, with fhort HoldernefTe horns j they give 

 a great quantity of milk, and he has preferved 

 the breed pure and to their fize, by feeding 

 the calves with much attention: they have a 

 coniiderable quantity of milk given tt;em while 

 at grafs. 



In the hufbandry of the neighbourhood no 

 other corn is raifed than oats, and they have 

 a notion that wheat will not do here : to con- 

 vince them of the contrary, the primate has 

 fallowed a large field, manured it differently 

 for a comparifon, and fowed wheat. The 

 crop I viewed, and found it a very fine and a 

 very clean one. 



In order that I might be well informed 

 about the linen manufacture, his Grace was 

 fo obliging as to fend for one of the moft con- 

 siderable merchants in the city, Mr. Mac- 

 geough,who very intelligently gave me all the 

 particulars I wanted. 



The following circumftances I owe to his 

 information. About Armagh the farms are 

 very fmall-, the principal people occupy from 

 40 to 60 acres, thefe fow fome flax as well as 

 raife corn, but in general they are from 5 to 

 20 acres ; the only object the linen manufac- 



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