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School: Nart (roll number 11660)

Location:
Lios an Fhearta, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Adoo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 209

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    Each seed is put on the manure and given a slight push down. They are dropped with the white or cut side uppermost to prevent them rotting. A distance of 9" is left between the seed.
    The artificial manure is sprinkled along the alleys before the drills are closed. Then the closing begins. The drill-plough is run down the centre of each drill and the earth falls on either side. This covers the seed and forms the drills over them while where a drill was first is now an alley.
    Afterwards the drills are topped with a saddle-harrow. this implement takes two drills at once and knocks the lumps off, this helps the crop.
    In three weeks' time the drills have to be moulded.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    A. F. M. Mc Adoo