School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

Location:
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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    This house is cleaned out every day.
    Then there is a good bed of straw put in under them to keep them clean
    They are fed three times a day, morning, noon, and night.
    When they are fat, they are sold, and the farmer gets a good price for them.

    Sheep:
    Sheep are always kept out in the fields.
    They are fed on turnips, oats, and mangolds.
    They have lambs in the spring, and when the lambs are big and fat, some of them are
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English