2 6o CASTLE CALDWELL. 



very well. In the county of Tyrone, towards 

 Armagh and Dungannon, they will bring lime- 

 ftone 14 or 15 miles, burn it, and fprinkle their 

 potatoe land with it to prevent the black rot. 

 Rent of Tyrone on an average 7s. 



Of barley they fow 20 Hone ; the barrel of 

 barley is 25 (tone, and of malt 20. An acre on 

 an average will yield 10 barrels at 16 ftone. Of 

 oats they fow a barrel, at 20 (lone, and get 8 for 

 one. Of bere they fow the fame, and get 9 

 barrels; barley fells better than bere generally ; 

 for flax tfyey plough once on potatoe land. The 

 expenfe of an acre they reckon, 



Rent - - - o 15 o 



County cefs - - - -003 



Tythe modus - - -008 



Seed, 40 gallons, at is. 6d. - -300 



One ploughing - - o 5 5 



Clodding and ftones 4 women - - 014 



Weeding 6 women - - -020 



Pulling 12 women a day * -040 



Watering 3 men and I horfe - - 026 



Grafling 6 women - - -020 

 Lifting and carrying, 2 women and 2 men, 



and 1 horie - - -026 



Drying, 2 women and 12 load turf 018 



Beetling, 24 women - - o 16 o 



Scutching id. a lb. ■ 



jC-5 l 3 4 



Price of lime at the kiln 6d. a barrel. Sir 

 James Caldwell has his ftone quarried, carried, 

 broke and burnt, and drawn too yards, for 4d. 

 a barrel labour; fix fcore horfe loads of turf coft 

 4s. cutting and fawing, and leading by water, 



cofts 



