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School: Killymard

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Killymard, Co. Donegal
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Máire Nic Críosta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 080

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 080

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  2. The Potato Crop

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    To prepare the ground for the potatoes, we must first plough it. After it is ploughed we leave it for a while, and then we harrow it, and next we cultivate it.
    Now we mark the ground into ridges for the potatoes.
    When the ridges are formed we manure them and sow the seed three in a row.
    When we have the seed sown we cover it with three or four inches of soil, so that when the stalks and leaves start to come up they will be able to come quite easily.
    After a while the farmer has to shuvle[?] shovel up the ridges to make them nice and firm.
    When he has the ridges shuvled[?] shoveled up he leaves them for a while, and then he sprays them
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harold Ellis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rossylongan, Co. Donegal