School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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- (continued from previous page)The spraying mixture consists of seven lbs of sulphate of coper desolved in forty gallons of water to this is added ten lbs of washing soda.
It is a hand machine that is used for spraying
This prevents blight coming on the potatoes.
Potatoes are usually dug in the month of October.
The potatoes which are in drills are dug with a potato digger.
They are gathered and put into pits.
The potatoes(continues on next page)- Collector
- Philip O' Donoghue
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountain Lodge, Co. Cavan