General View of the Agriculture and Manufactures of the King's County; With Observations on the Means of Their Improvement, Drawn Up in 1801 for the D (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1801. Excerpt: ... Page. 3. Farms, 160 Size of Farms, 161 4. General Subjects, 162 CHAP. XVII. Barony of Ballicowen, 168 Sect. I. Agriculture, ibid. Potatoes, 170 2. Pasture, 171 Liming, 172 3. Farms, 173 Malt Dust, 175 4. General SubjeSs, ibid. CHAP. XVIII. Rural Economy, 184 Sect. I. Labour, ibid. 2. Provisions, ibid. 3. Fuel, 185 CHAP. XIX. Political Economy, 186 SECT. I. Roads and Bridges, ibid. 2. Canals, ibid. 3. and 4. /sl/iv a-/ Markets, 187 5. Commerce and Manufafiure, ibid. CHAP. XX. General Tables, 189 Sect. I. TaMr c/" Contents, by Baronies, with Rates of Potatoe and Meadow Land, Wages, &c. Hid. 2. Table STATISTICAL SURVEY 01 THE KING'S COUNTY. CHAPTER I. SE0GRAPH1CAL STATE ANS MODERN CIRCUMSTANCES. X H E King's county is an inland county, situate in. the province of Leinster; it has the counties of East and West Meath on its North, Tipperary on its South and S. West, Galway on its West, from which it is divided by the Shannon, and Kildare and the Queen's county on its Eastern bounds. It is by no means of so regular a form as the Queen's county, but very straggling, stretching considerably in a contracted compass to the Southward. Its breadth from the most eastern part of the barony of Coolestown near the Boyne to Clonmacnoise on the Shannon is 32 miles, but the more general breadth does not exceed 17, and Vol, 11. A it it is in length from the moat of Grenouge adjoining West Meath, to the southermost part of the barony of Clonlifk, 31 miles by a direct line, but above 45 miles by the nearest road, the county being so much intersected with deep bogs. The circumserence is above 130 miles. The number of acres in this county amount to 282,200 or 440 square miles; in the old assessment, as appears by the county book, there are only 155,932 acres chargeable with...