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School: Virginia (C )

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs B. Farrelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 480

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    There is manure put on the top of the ridge then the potatoes are dropped on the ridge about nine inches apart the potatoes are covered with clay out of the furrow.
    When the buds appear over the ground the potatoes are moulded and when the stocks are well up over the ground they are sprayed.
    This is how they are sprayed. First a barrel is got and filled with water then blue stone and soda are left to melt. Then it is put into a machine connected to the sprayer and an the end of the tube there is a nozzel. The person that is going to spray straps the machine on
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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
    Gretta Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan