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farm, is trifling; the green crops of consequence 

 are insignificant. The quantity of meadow re- 

 served for hay is prodigious. Upwards of three 

 hundred acres are here annually mown, the 

 produce of which is made into hay in the man- 

 ner practised in Suffolk, and is of 03 good qua- 

 lity as any produced in the south of England, 

 both in color and odor. Oxen arc mostly em- 

 ployed in the lands under tillage. Mr. Webb, 

 the bailiff, is a native of Suffolk, and well versed 

 in the best practices of that county. The soil 

 of the farm is strong, the pasture excellent, and 

 the whole extends over one thousand six hun- 

 dred acres, divided into suitable enclosures ; 

 where a little more attention to cleaning would 

 give the fields a more sightly appearance. A 

 grazing farm, however, on such a scale, cannot 

 be expected to be kept so clean and free from 

 weeds as a more limited one, under the constant 

 operation of the plough, and a regular course 

 of cropping. The Farnham breed of long- 

 horned cattle is in high estimation in every 

 part of Ireland. Though not an admirer, nor an 

 advocate for this breed, I must do his Lordship 

 the justice to say, I never saw together so 

 many good specimens. The Devons also are 

 particularly neat : a cross between them and the 

 cows of the country has produced a great im- 

 provement. Several of the oxen from this 



