School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)
- Location:
- Adamstown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)the digger, and it is by means of this, that it is drawn.
Two horses are yoked to the potato-digger, one at each side of the shaft.
Potato-diggers are made in Wexford.The Binder :At the present time and under present conditions a binder is a very useful implement on the farm.
It is used for cutting corn and tying it when it is cut.
It is drawn by two or three horses.
It is made of a body, a blade, a shaft, the reel or rakes, and a seat.
The blade which is attached to the body is about five feet long.(continues on next page)
