Scoil: Grangegeeth (uimhir rolla 2630)
- Suíomh:
- Gráinseach na Gaoithe, Co. na Mí
- Múinteoir: Seósaimhín, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
Sonraí oscailte
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- XML Scoil: Grangegeeth
- XML Leathanach 387
- XML “Potato Crop”
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Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)The seed is sprinkled with lime to keep away slugs or worms.
The seed is dropped on the ridges leaving a foot between the rows. Some people plant three, and some four, rows on a ridge. Then the soil is put over the ridges with shovels.
The drills are opened with a double-mould plough, manure spread in the furrows, seed dropped at intervals of one foot and a half, and the drills closed with a plough.
When the potatoes are a few inches high they are second-covered or moulded, that is, covered over again with clay. This is done on the ridges with shovels and in the drills with a plough.
Weeding and hoeing are done at intervals and when they are about to blossom the plants are sprayed with a mixture of washing-soda and blue-stone mixed with water in proportions 5:4. This is done by means of a budget-sprayer which holds about four-gallons at a time and attached to the shoulders and back of the worker. The mixture is distributed by means of a tube and hose-end, and the user tries to spray the under-sides of the(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)