School: Borris (C.)
- Location:
- Borris, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Loinneáin
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- We cultivate potatoes on our farm. The area covered is one acre, this year, which means half an acre less than last year.
Farm workers prepare the soil for the crop. First of all the ground is ploughed, it is then harrowed in order to tear up the weeds; when the weeds are torn-up they are gathered in heaps and taken away. The drills are then opened and the potatoes are planted. Each seed must contain an eye or two otherwise it will not germinate. The seed potatoes are covered with farm manure, & then the soil is turned in over the manure. Nature then takes up the work: the seed sprouts, the plant appears above the soil, blossoms, sheds its flowers, grows strong, & then fades when the roots are strong & fit to be harvested. The festlings of the crop are taken from the soil in July but, not until October, is the whole crop saved. In the planting as well as in the harvesting season, the farmers generally(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Delia Deegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Borris, Co. Carlow
