School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)
- Location:
- An Cheathrú Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Thomas F. O' Hara
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- XML “Agricultural Implements and Methods Now and Long Ago”
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- (continued from previous page)and any farmer who wishes may hire them for a day. They charge about four shillings a stack.
Seventy years ago there were no artificial manures. They farmers dug up their land in sods. When the sods were quite dry they gathered them into heaps and burned them. Then they scattered the ashes on the field. If a farmer now has now enough farm-yard manure he goes to the shop and buys artificial manure. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Josephine Durkan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Na Dúnta, Co. Mhaigh Eo