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T. S, Lindsay, Esq., of Holljmount. Mr. Simson managed this 
farm, which is about three miles from Cloona Castle, for several 
years, on behalf of the representatives of the late Mr. Laurie, 
but the lease has recently been renewed in favour of Mr. Simson. 
It consists of 480 acres of good arable land, and is managed in 
precisely the same way as Mr. Simson's other farms. A large 
steading was erected at Kilrush several years ago, but Mr. 
Simson has been obliged to add to it in order to accommodate 
his fattening stock during winter. From 60 to 70 heavy 
bullocks are fattened during the winter season, and the stock of 
sheep consists of 300 breeding ewes and their produce, which are 
fed off as hoggets. 
In concluding this account of Mr. Simson's system of farm 
management, I would observe that it affords the best possible 
proof of the correctness of the views I put forward in my 
previous paper already quoted, with reference to the means best 
calculated to develop the food-producing capabilities of a large 
proportion of the soils of Ireland ; and there is no room to doubt 
that an extension of the system would add materially to the 
wealth and prosperity of the country. It will be well for 
Ireland when all classes of farmers in the country learn to look 
upon their farms as the best and safest bank of deposit for their 
capital, whether that capital consists of cash or of their own 
industry. 
Teynanny, County of Monaghan. 
The farm of Trynanny, occupied by Mr. David Patton, is 
situated on the Leslie Castle estate, near the village of Glass- 
lough, a station on the Ulster Railway. It consists of 80 Irish 
acres, or 129 J imperial acres. Mr. Patton is a tenant at will ; 
but enjoys the usual Ulster custom of tenant-right. He has 
been in occupation of the farm, or most part of it, for 15 years, 
and what now constitutes the farm was held, prior to his occu- 
pation, in four different lots, the tenant-right of which he 
purchased at fully 9/. an Irish acre. The rent is 25^. an Irish 
acre, or 15*. 5c?. an imperial acre ; to which the interest on the 
money expended in purchasing the tenant right should be added, 
and at 5 per cent., this would make the rent 34s. an Irish acre, 
or 21s. an acre imperial. It may be remarked that the rents on 
Mr. Leslie's property in that part of Monaghan, run from 12s. 4rf. 
to 18s. 6c?. an imperial acre, which is lower than the rates 
current on some estates in the same neighbourhood, the rents in 
such cases, running up to 24s. 8<f. per imperial acre. Most of the 
farms in the neighbourhood are held at will. 
The soil of Mr. Patton's farm is chiefly a good medium loam. 
