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- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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- We grow potatoes at home in our garden. The amount we sow is a half acre.
My father prepares the ground by manuring it before it is turned, then when the time comes to set the potatoes, he gets the manure ploughed into it and he makes drills, the drills are nine inches apart, then he sows the potatoes and covers them with clay.
Some farmers set the potatoes in ridges while others set them in drills, because the potatoes are easier set in the drills and they are done with the plough while the ridges are done with the spade.
Long ago the people used to use wooden ploughs but(continues on next page)- Collector
- Nora Sheridan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rahardrum, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Sheridan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rahardrum, Co. Cavan