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the country they are interested in; while Parliament, with 

 their twenty-two thousand pounds laid down, could not 

 reach a single acre. 



The London citizens cannot be very general agricul- 

 turists; but as many hav e villas, and grow their own hay, 

 and all of them see the Surrey and Middlesex crops ; 

 I am glad to seize the opportunity of showing them what 

 this cut-out moss on their oivji estate may be made to pro- 

 duce in a style of crop with which they are acquainted. 



Mr. Watt, a Derry merchant, holds some lands under 

 the London Society, from which he has cut a deep co- 

 vering of moss ; — meeting some Essays on reclaiming 

 Bog, Mr. Watt encountered his own in the same way, 

 with much spirit. 



Coming not long afterwards to Derry, and hearing of his 

 proceedings, I waited on him, and went to see his ground ; 

 which I found highly elevated, and so coarse, that I am 

 certain the culture farinaceous crops could not have 

 been pursued upon it with success. 



The Farming Society of Ireland proposed a 

 premium for the two best acres of Florin raised in the 

 year 1816; and when the amount was rigidly inquired 

 into, and established upon oath, Mr. Watt's was found 

 the best ; and he obtained the first premium, 50/. while 

 the second 30/. was adjudged to another. 



The records of the Farming Society, and the English 

 Farmers Journal for May 26, 1817, state the amount of 

 the two crops, 2 acres each ; they v/ere weighed on the 

 following March, to secure the hay being quite dry at 

 the time : the one amounted to 5 tons 19 cwt. and 17 

 pounds, to the English acre ; while Mr. Watt's reached 

 6 tons 16 cwt. 3 quarters and 14 pounds. 



The London Corporations holding estates in the County 



