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School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)

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Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 135

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    manured before turning up the ground is ploughed and cross gloughed and is rolled by a heavy cold crusher. The clay is afterwards harrowed. Then the drills are opened by a plough. The manure is spread through the drills. The seed is dropped. The drills are closed in by the plough to prepare ridges for potatoes on "lea ground four sods" to each ridge to cover the manure and seed. Stubbled ground is prepared in the same manner as for drills the ridges are made by a spade and the drill are made by plough. There are wooden ploughs around this district.They are bought spades. The potatoes are moulded a month after they are sown and they are sprayed in July. They are dug with spades. They are picked into buckets first and then are put into bags. They are then put into a shed and are covered with straw."Kerr's Pink's" "Golden Wonders" "Epicares" "Shamrocks" "Arran" "Banners" "Arran Chiefs" "Flounders" are the names of the potatoes. The Kerr Pink grow best.????
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