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They fow 4 bufhels of wheat, or 20 ftone 

 an acre, and it yields 7 barrels. There is a good 

 deal fown, andfeveral flower mills in the coun- 

 try. Of barley they fow 4 bufhels, and get 9 

 barrels, 16 Hone to the barrel. They fow 8 

 bufhels of oats, and get on an average 10 bar- 

 rels. Of potatoes they plant 1 4 barrels to the 

 acre, each 20 ftone, and the crop is ufually 60, 

 and the price 5s. to 10s. Average 7s. 6d. 



Rent - - - - o 16 o 



14 Barrels - - 5 5° 



Planting, 36 men a day, at is. no board, 6d. 



with "it - - ~ 1 16 o 



Shovelling, 8 men - - 080 



Weeding, 10 boys, at qd. ~ ° 3 4 



Taking up, 72 men - - 3 l2 ° 



Manuring - - 



1 o o 



£• l 3 o 4 



Produce. 



60 Barrels, at 7s. 6d. - - 22 10 o 



Expeni'es - - - x 3 ° 4 



Profit - - - £-9 9» 



But little lime ufed in the country, though 

 in fome places lime-ftone is plentiful ; the price 

 is 6d. to iod. the barrel flack. Much marie 

 ufed about Ballyconnel and Killifhandraj the 

 white light fort from under bogs: they ufe it 

 on heathy moors with fuccefs, for which pur- 

 pofe they ufe lime alfo. Before they plough it, 

 they lay the lime on, 1 50 barrels roach, and 



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