School: Crowenstown

Location:: Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
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names given locally to the different varieties "Shamrocks" grow best in the district. Potatoes were used instead of starch in the past. They were peeled, and grated and boiling water poured on them.
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Potatoes are grown on my farm. About half an acre of the land is planted under potatoes every year.
We put artificial manure on the land before ploughing. We plant the potatoes in drills. We plough the ground first, then harrow it, and finally open the drills.
When the ground is ploughed and harrowed, and all the big pieces of clay broken up we take out the big wheel from the plough, and sink it into the ground. This makes a furrow, and turns up the clay, and stretches the entire length of the

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