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two-rowed j after it has been threfhed it is neceflary 

 to beat it, either with flails or mallets, to make it ready 

 for market. 



cjth. Produce from flxteen hundred weight to one 

 and a half ton. The produce of Lecale is nearly a 

 ton, fometimes more, and often left j about Moira, 

 Magheralin, and in the neighbourhood of the towns 

 towards the weftern part of the county, the produce is 

 greater, from a ton to a ton and a half, that is, from 

 ten to fifteen" barrels ; and in that part of the country 

 it is the four-rowed fort which is fown. This, how- 

 ever, is more owing, I fhould think, to the quality of 

 the land, than to the fuperiority of the fpecies. 



icth. Seldom made into bread except in times of 

 fcarcity. 



OATS. 



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lit. Preparation. Tillage. Oats being the principal 

 grain cultivated in this county, are fown after every 

 preparation both of tillage and manure, and are often 

 fown upon ground in fuch a ftate, as to be unfit to be 

 fown with any grain. The beft and cleaned crops are 

 obtained after potatoes ; the manure dung or afties. 

 Very fine crops are alfo obtained after lime, or marie, 

 or fand, upon one ploughing; for, as has been men- 

 tioned in the beginning of this chapter, more than one 



ploughing 



