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School: An Cruachán (roll number 5243)

Location:
Croaghan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Chearra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 369

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    opens the drills with a drill plough.
    The manure is put into the bottom of the drills. The potatoes are cut with a knife they have to be sprouted before they are cut. The potatoes are placed on the top of the manure in the alleys of the drills, they have to be a foot apart. Then guano is sown on top. Then the drills are closed with a plough.
    First the potatoes are rolled then they are moulded to keep away weeds. Then they are hoed with a hoe to keep down weeds also.
    About a month after this the potatoes are sprayed with a sprayer. The spray is made of bluestone and washing soda, the soda is steeped in hot water, these are put into a barrel of water then they put the spray into the sprayers. The man holds
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ena Wasson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Croaghan, Co. Donegal