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Hampfhire flooring his library with filver fir, 

 frefh cut down, and the boards not contracting 

 in the leaft: a quality very valuable in fhip- 

 building. He can fell Scotch fir out. of his 

 w-oods readily at 40s. a ton, even very poor 

 trees. 



The foil about Farnham is in general a good 

 loam, from 4 to 10 inches deep, and under it 

 a yellow or blue clay 2 feet deep, and under 

 that a flaty gravel, a quarry of lime-iione, or 

 blue whin-ftone. It is in general very wet ; hol- 

 low drains lay it dry, if there is a fall. From Ca- 

 van to Belturbct it is dry rough rocky ground. 

 From Killifhandra to Knockwinn, dry gravel. 

 From Cavan to Virgtny, heathy, which yields 

 good corn, with lime. Rents by new leafeS in 

 general, 1 4s. to 20s. old ones 5s. to 10s. Cavan 

 and Kilmore the higheft. There is a great deal 

 of bog and mountain, which with lakes, amount 

 to half the county. Average rent about 6s. by 

 another account 1 had, it is 7s. 6d. Farms are 

 generally about 100 acres, 50 to 100, and thefe 

 re-let, from 2 to 10 acres, to the poor people, 

 who are cottars, and pay their high rent by 

 labouring. 



Courfes: 1. Summer fallow. 2. Wheat. 3. 

 Oats or Barley. 4. Potatoes. 5. Wheat or barley, 



1. Fallow. 2. Wheat. 3. Oats. 4. Oats. 

 5. Oats. 6. Oats. 7. Oats. 8. Oats. 9. Lay 

 out for grafs. No feeds fown. 



i. Potatoes. 2. Potatoes. 3. Flax. 4. Oats. 

 5. Oats. 6. Oats, 7. Lay out for grafs. 



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