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drive to Lismore. In the husbandry, there 

 was nothing worthy of notice the crops ap- 

 peared to be light, and the harvest Jate. We 

 observed some lands under the preparation of 

 fallowing for wheat; a practice which had not 

 occurred to us for a length of time. Jn this 

 neighbourhood were seen many gentlemen's 

 seats, and the cabins had the appearance of 

 some interior comfort. The manner in whicli 

 farming is conducted may generally be as- 

 certained by the implements employed; the 

 Scotch carts, made at Fermoy, are too large 

 and heavy for the common horses of the coun- 

 try ; a smaller kind of cart, adopted in Cum- 

 berland, would answer better here, and be 

 more likely to come into general use with the 

 small farmers : I prevailed on the Secretary of 

 the Cork Institution to permit my ordering one 

 to be sent to the Society, under an impression 

 that, if the cost be admissible, it may remove the 

 principal objection, as to the weight of the 

 Scotch cart. The price of labor, when in- 

 dividuals are so fortunate as to have constant 

 employment, is under a shilling a day. The 

 want of inland navigation makes fuel dear. 

 This must operate greatly, as I before observed, 

 against the successful result of manufactories at 

 Fermoy. 



