School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs B. Farrelly
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- There is about one acre of potatoes grown on our farm every year. Sometimes the land is manured before it is ploughed to prevent the potatoes from getting black, and to make sure of a good potato crop.
Some farmers sow the potatoes in drills and others in ridges. We usually sow them in drills. The drills are opened with a double mould board plough and bag manure is shaken on them.
Many years ago wooden ploughs were used but they are not now. Any of them that were used, it was the carpenter that made them(continues on next page)- Collector
- Madge Hanratty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
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- Mr Hanratty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan