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cullen, Efq; and Patrick Blake, Efq; of Drum; 



— Lynch, of Barna ; Geohage'n, Efq; of 



Bowown; Lynch, Efq; Drumrong; 



Sir John O'Flaharty, &c. Mr. Martin has the 

 largeft tract; he has let to Mr.Popham, 14,000 

 Irifh acres, for three lives, at no rent at all ; 

 then three lives more at 150I. a year; and 

 after them for fixty-one years, at the fame 

 rent; and Mr.Popham has fome men at work 

 upon improving, from England and Leinfter. 

 There is lime-ftone gravel upon a part of the 

 land, but not generally in Eyre Connaught, 

 any more than lime-ftone ; at lead according 

 to common report. 



Courfes of Crops about Moniva. 

 1. Potatoes. 2. Bere. 3. Oats. 4. Oats. 

 1. Potatoes. 2. Flax. 3. Oats. 4. Oats. 



There are fome good tillage farmers towards 

 the Shannon, who low grafs feeds. They alio 

 low fucceflive crops till the land is exhaufted, 

 and leave it for fome time to graze itfelf. No 

 ploughing or harrowing by the tail, nor any 

 burning the corn inftead of threlhing, but 

 thefe practices were very common 30 years 

 ago. The meafure of potatoes is the barrel of 

 42 ftone ; five plant an acre, the average price 

 6s. or 8s. at the beffinnirig of the feaibn ; to 

 1 os. or 12s. at the latter end. The average 

 produce 25 barrels, or rdl. Oats yield about 

 8 barrels. Of flax, a hogihead fovvs 2 acres. 

 It is but lately that they have faved their feed, 

 but it is now coming in j a rood common crop 



