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School: Calfield

Location:
Calf Field or Aghadrumgowna, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Rathsile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 064

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  1. How the Soil is Prepared before being Planted

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    The potatoes are planted in ridges and drills. Before the soil is planted it must first be prepared for the crop.
    The soil is first ploughed for the potato crop. It is ploughed with a plough and two horses, and if it is a small patch of ground it is dug with a spade. The ploughs used long ago were made of wood but nowadays they are made of iron. The iron ploughs cut the soil much more easily than the wooden plough.
    The soil is ploughed early in Spring so that the frost may have the ground fine, and the worms killed in it. After the soil is ploughed it is harrowed with a harrow and two horses. Then it is cultivated with a cultivator and two horses. The harrowing and cultivating breaks the soil.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnagar, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr M. Brady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Drumnagar, Co. Cavan