OF THE COUNTY OF TYRONE. 29 



CHAP. II. 



AGRICULTURE. 



SECT. I. Mode of Culturt. 



FROM the great variety of the foils of this 

 county, it muft follow that there are various modes 

 of culture. 



I believe there are not better potatoe and flax farmers 

 m the kingdom, than thofe of Tyrone in general are ; 

 the only branches of hufbandry they excel in, or have 

 any pretenfions to. And, though we feldom find large 

 tracts of potatoes together, yet we meet with innumer- 

 able fmall patches throughout the county, in many 

 parts almoft up to the fummits of the highefl moun- 

 tains. This is a ftrong indication of the populoufnefs 

 of the county. 



The fame obfervation holds good with refpeft to 

 flax, as it is as common for the poor man to have a 

 )ot of the latter, as of the former, fmce without both 

 fee could not exift. It muft, however, be remarked, 



that 



