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School: Baile Theas (C.), Malla (roll number 4954)

Location:
Ballyhass, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Bríd Bean Uí Dhála
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0365, Page 083

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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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  2. The Potato Crop

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    Every farmer sows about half an acre every year the amount very often varies. Some potatoes grow plentifully in some ground and very poorly in others that would cause a difference in quantity. The ground is sometimes manured before it is ploughed and sometimes the ground is prepared and drills opened and then manured the potatoes sown and the drills closed. In some places where land is wet they are sown in ridges. The bawn is ploughed five sods that would be about three ft wide the sods are then hacked with a gruffaun and manured
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