School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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Care of Potatoes.
First levelled .Furrows get a light run of horse-hoe before stalks appear and tops of drills knocked off with back of ?,lumps being broken at same time.Sometimes a stone drawn by horse is run along furrows to break lumps.
Left so until stalks are up 3 or 4 ins..Then softened .Horse hoe again run in furrow ,deeper than before.The back middle paw of hoe is now attached and it throws up a fair amount of earth to stalks.
When stalks are almost fully grown ,they "rise" the potatoes. The furrows are again hoed and plenty of earth thrown up(continues on next page)
