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mountains are great, and Knocknaree in full re- 

 lief j if the falls were through a dark wood, the 

 fcenery would be among the fineft in the world. 



To Tanrego, the feat of Lewis Irwin, Efq; 

 (who favoured me with feveral articles of ufeful 

 intelligence) fitv.ated in the barony of Tyrera, 

 which is twenty-feven miles long, and cultivated 

 from one and an halt to three in breadth, by the 

 fea fide ; lets from J 2s. to 17s. an acre, a little 

 for 20s. The foil a light fandy loam, on lime- 

 ilone, one foot to two deep, farms are in ge- 

 neral from 20 to 30 acres j many taken in part- 

 nership, four to eight families take 200 acres. 



I. Manure with wrack for potatoes. 2. Pota- 

 toes. 3. Barley. 4. Barley. 5. Oats. 



1. Potatoes. 2. Barley. 3. Oats. 4. Potatoes 

 again. 



1. Potatoes. 2. Barley. 3. Oats. 4. Lay out 

 for grafs. 



No feeds, in one or two years white clover 

 will come if not over cropped. For potatoes, 

 from 100 to 150 horfe loads fea w r eed, mix no 

 dung with it. Plant 12 pecks, each 561b. and 

 get 12 to 20 fold, that is 144 to 249 pecks. Of 

 barley they get 1 3 or 4 narrels per acre. Of 

 Oats, 10 barrels. They burn vatt quantities of 

 kelp, in the whole barony, 300 tons, all ia 

 fummer ; in winter or fpring they manure with 

 it. The brown alga, which is the more luxu- 

 riant, and fuller of the faponaceous liquid, 

 they don't manure with, thinking it too ftron^ 

 for the land, burning it up as thev call it - } but 



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