Questions about Farmyard Manures

Reference code: FOL.QUES/56
Level of description: Series
Title: Questions about Farmyard Manures
Scope and content: "In the past, animal manure was widely used on Ulster farms. Near the coasts, seaweed was also collected. This questionnaire aims to find out some of the ways in which animal manure and seaweed were collected and spread. It will be very helpful if your answers relate to a farm you know well."
1. What size of farm?
2. Which animals were used for providing manure?
3. How was animal manure collected?
4. Where was it stored?
5. How was it carried to the fields?
6. Which crops required animal manure?
7. How was it spread?
8. Was seaweed used on the farm?
9. Give names for the different types of seaweed.
10. Was seaweed taken from any one special place? What sort of place was this?
11. Was the seaweed cut? How?
12. How was the seaweed dried?
13. Was any type of seaweed burnt before using it as manure? Was there a special name for this?
14. How was seaweed carried to the farm?
15. At what time of year was the seaweed used?
16. Which crops were manured with seaweed?
17. Was any particular type of seaweed good for any specific crop?
18. How was seaweed spread?