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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 474

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  1. The Potato Crop

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    Potatoes are grown in our garden. A perch is generally the amount that is set. The size of the crop varies each year.
    A workman prepares the ground and sows the seed. The potatoes are nearly always sown in drills. They were sown in ridges a few times. The potatoes are easier dug out of drills than out of ridges.
    The garden has to be manured before drills can be made. The potatoes are put in between the drills and half of each drill on each side is put on them.
    In all the gardens in the towns spades are used. There is a wooden plough in Kelletts of Corracloghan.
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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
    Susan Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisgrea, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisgrea, Co. Cavan