Scoil: The Downs (uimhir rolla 8875)

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1. The Potato Crop

   

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   The potato is the principle food
   of the Irish people.
   It was introduced first into this
   country by Sir Walter Raleigh
   who brought it from the Canary
   Islands.
   The potatoes are sown in the Spring.
   First the people plough the ground,
   and then harrows it.
   Then he opens drills and put out
   the manure.
   Then he picks out the seed
   potatoes and cut the large ones and
   put them in the drills about a foot
   apart from each other.
   The manure is then spread over
   them and the drills are closed with
   a plough.
   When the potatoes come up they are
   cleaned.
   The potatoes are sprayed in the
   end of June to keep them from
   taking the blight.
   They are dug in the harvest and put into pits.
   There are a great many varities

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