Wednesday July 18th. 1923
Fine
At home
E. Mayes finish shimming swedes & start in beet
J. Howe finish chopping out beet & help me to thatch Stover Stack
Champion Beast at London Smithfield Show
1901 Earl of Strathmore Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
1902 Earl of Strathmore Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
1903 R. L. Batchelor Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
1904 Earl of Rosebery, K.G. Shorthorn Heifer
1905 Col. Chas. McInroy, C.B. Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
1906 H. M. The King Shorthorn Steer
1907 Peter Dunn Shorthorn Steer
1908 Countess Dowager of Seafield Aberdeen-Angus heifer
1909 Sir Richard Cooper, Bt. Aberdeen-Angus Steer
1910 J. J. Cridlan Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
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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