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School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)

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Errew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brígid Nic Eoin
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  1. The Care of Farm Animals

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    The average farmer keeps two or three milking cows five or six yearlings and a few more stronger cattle. He usually has a horse or a brood mare, or donkey and some bread sheep. When driving the cows the people usually say "Hursh".
    A cow house is usually roofed with iorn. It has two doors, one at the front and one at the back with a chanel in the center of barn On each side of the channel the cattle are staked and are separated from each other by concrete walls or boards. A horse

    (Bred sheep. a channel in the centre of the barn.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Gallagher
    Gender
    Female