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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 347

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    two acres of potatoes each year in the field where the oatcrop was the previous year. The amount never varies. My brothers prepare the ground. They manure it with kelp in November, and a week after, they plough the kelp into the soil with a swing-plough. The ground is ploughed again in March and then harrowed to make it fine. It is then grubbed to take off the weeds, after which it is harrowed again. Then the drills are opened with a drill-plough and manure is spread in the trenches with grapes. After that we scatter guano on top of the manure. The ground is now ready for the cuts, which are dropped about a foot apart. The drills are then closed with the drill plough. Wooden ploughs were never used on our farm.
    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
    Hugh Mac Gettigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal