BELFAST. 270 

 Mr. Portis of Belfaft, laft year fowed 3 acres 

 2 roods of flax j let it ftand till quite ripe, then 

 ftacked it like corn, and threfhed it in March ; 

 produce of feed 8 hogiheads, which fold at 

 4I. 4s. or 33I. 12s. He watered it then, and 

 went through the whole operation as common. 

 By being kept fo long, he found it required 

 lefs watering than in the common way. This 

 is not the ufual method of doing it. 



Dr. 



Cr. 



By 8 hoccfheads of 



clear ieed fold 



at 4I. 4s. per 



hogfhead 33 12. o 



By 896 lb. clean 

 'flax fold at 6d. 



a lb. - 22 8 o 



Would have fold for 74. 

 if it had been judicioufly ma- 

 naged, by fuffering it to lav 

 a day or two longer in the 

 water, which would have 

 made the (lax finer. 



£■ 56 o 



Note, 



