School: Braighde (roll number 11343)
- Location:
- Bridia, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire C. Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0470, Page 279
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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. - Even though the soil on the fields in this district is poor and mostly shallow, we find it is capable of abundant crops of potatoes of every variety. We also find they are much dryer and of higher food value than those produced on most low-land soils which, unlike our light soils are generally of a heavy character. The land is prepared with spades in most cases three or four weeks prior to putting on the scillans. The best and the cleanest of the potatoes are selected for seeding and are cut in parts from two to four according to size. Two days after cutting them they are in the ridges about twelve inches a part. They are not manured until three or weeks after sticking them. Whence the young stalk catches the manure and springs up strong and healthy after one week. The farm-yard manure is the general rule with no other substitute excetp a little liming.
