School: Westland (roll number 8428)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs E.J. Roberts
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- My father plants about two acres of potatoes on his farm. Each year the amount varies.
My father prepares the ground himself, first he covers the ground with farm-yard manure and ploughs it.
Then he harrow's it and cultivates it, then he cross-ploughs it and harrow's it again.
Then he opens the drills in it with a plough.
Some people plant the potatoes in ridges. The ridges are made with a plough, or they can also be made with a spade.
Wooden ploughs were used long ago but there are none used now. The spades used for planting potatoes are bought in a shop. The way potatoes are prepared for sowing is, first all the bad potatoes are picked out. Then the good ones are split to make the seed. The local people help one another in planting the potatoes.
A farmer who has only one horse joins with another for the preparing of the ground. During the summer months the potatoes are weeded and sprayed to save them from the failure. The potatoes are dug with a digger(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P. Shekleton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maio, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr C. Shekleton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Maio, Co. Meath
