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School: Áit Tighe Ruaidhrí (roll number 9014)

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Attirory, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271, Page 185

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  1. Potato Sowing

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    Potatoes are chiefly sown in Ireland because they are used in every house. The number of acres of potatoes does not vary each year. Nearly every body sows them in drills and in ridges. They are sown in lea land where corn had been sown the previous year. In February the land is ploughed so that the scraw would rot. After about three weeks the same land is cross ploughed. It is usually about a week afterwards it is cultivated and harrowed to make the soil like turf mould. Having this done the drills are opened and the farm yard manure is put out and is spread in the drill
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommy Glynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinasloe, Urban, Co. Galway