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School: Cill Loiste (Killusty), Fíodh Árd (roll number 16111)

Location:
Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mheacháir
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    Cows are housed for five months and fed with hay and turnips or mangolds, and for the remainder of the year they live on grass. Ther are milked for nine months and for the other three months they are "dry". Cows calf nearly always early in Spring, only a few which have been kept for Winter dairying, the calf is fed with milk from the cow for the first month and "separated" milk from the creamery after that. When the Winter comes they are fed with hay mixed with oats for the first year and they are fed on the land after that.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullow, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Pierce Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Tullow, Co. Tipperary