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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 130

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  1. The Potato Crop

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    Of all the crops- grown in my district, the Potato crop is the most important. Every farmer large or small has his patch of potatoes, the area cultivated being about from one to two acres each year.
    The ground is prepared for the crop by ploughing it in Winter or early Spring and then it is harrowed, and the ridges marked out. Farmyard manure is then put out and then scattered evenly on the ridges. The potatoes are then scattered on the ridge about a foot apart. The ground is not manured in any way before it is ploughed.
    The potatoes are mostly sown in ridges
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Gartnasillagh, Co. Cavan