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School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Farrell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 126

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  1. Sowing of Potatoes in this Locality

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    Sowing of potatoes in this locality
    Maureen Smyth
    Hanstown
    Ballinea
    The farmers sow the potatoes in spring. They usually sow them in ridges but my father sows them in drills.
    First the ground is ploughed with an iron plough in October or November so that the frost will kill the weeds.
    In the springtime it is ploughed a second time. It is harrowed drills are opened with a plough. Manure is spread in the drills. The Potatoes are cut leaving an eye in each scalta??? and dropped on the manure leaving about a foot between them.
    They are covered with the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hanstown, Co. Westmeath