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School: Beale (1) (roll number 7660)

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Beal, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Martin Beasley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Page 070

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  2. The Potato Crop and its After Cultivation

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    The potato crop- and its after cultivation.
    Soon after the steaks appear above the round they require some weeding the owner of them will come on and weed them either with the hand or hoe. When the stalks are strong they are scuffed with a machine called a scuffer. After this the broken earth that is between the furrows is made smoother still by means of a big flat stone attached to a horse. When this is done the earth is put up to the side of the drill by means of a double boarded plough. Then they are sprayed by means of a spraying machine. This is the after cultivation of a potato crop.
    Kitty Griffin
    Bromore,
    Ballybunion
    Nov 11th 1938
    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
    Kitty Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bromore West, Co. Kerry