School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)
- Location:
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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- The potato-crop is one of the most important of the year, as, apart from the amount required for table purposes, a good share can be used for feeding pigs and cattle.
On our farm an Irish acre of ground is sown yearly under potatoes of different varieties and some year the yield per acre differs considerably.
First the ground is ploughed in late Autumn so that any harmful insects may be destroyed. It is finally prepared in Spring by being ploughed twice and an extra man has to be employed to do this. It is then harrowed and rolled and is now ready for the making of the drills. This being done a good layer of manure is spread between the drills and when the seed is sown the drills are closed by means of a double-boarded plough and a pair of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Quilter
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhennessy, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Michael Dowling
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballintogher, Co. Kerry
