School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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- There are potatoes growing on our farm. There is one acre of potatoes sown on our land every year. The amount of our potatoes varies some years though not very much. We hire a man who lives near by to prepare our ground. It is not manured in any way before being turned up.
The potatoes are sown both in ridges and in drills. The drills are ploughed first then harrowed, then cultivated and ploughed a second time and then they are harrowed and cultivated again and then the drills are opened. The ridges are marked out first and then made with a plough. The manure is then drawn out, spread on the ridge and the potatoes are dropped. The furrow is dug and then the seed is covered with what is dug up out of the furrow.
Wooden ploughs were often used in olden times. There are some wooden ploughs left.
The spades are not made locally, they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eirene Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr Andrew Baker
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
