Tuesday June 12th. 1923
Fine
At home
E. Mayes Horse raking trifolium
J. Howe & myself cocking same
from Farm Work for the Year
June
Stock Farm: Grass lands must be grazed according to the season, and thistles spudded and droppings knocked about. Any cattle being soiled in stalls or boxes during the summer receive clover and vetches brought to them along with cake and meal; but grazing beasts are now generally at grass, receiving, it may be, decorticated cotton cake, with which they are supplied either in moveable troughs or directly on the surface of the land. Hay-making begins in June; and cows should have as frequent change of pasture as possible. Sheep are washed and shorn in June, if not before; the shepherd must look carefully daily for any attacks of fly.
A diary kept by Fred Knott in 1923, when he was 46, detailing working life on his Fen Farm at Rattlesden, near Stowmarket. There were 84 acres of land, worked with horses; Fred reared pigs and bullocks, and grew crops which included potatoes, turnips, swede and sugar beet. Four men worked for Fred, including a head horseman. The days were 12 hours long, with only Sundays and Christmas Day off - and, of course, the animals still needed attention on those days too.
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