Wednesday July 25th. 1923
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E. Mayes, J. Howe & F. Reynolds Cutting Peas
from Agricultural Review for 1922
The total production of hops in England this year is estimated at 301,000 cwts., or 77,000 cwts. more than last year, and 26,000 cwts. above the average of the ten years 1912 to 1921. The average yield per acre for the whole country was 11.4 cwts., against 8.9 cwts. last year and 10.4 cwts. the ten years average. In Kent the yield per acre was 12.3 cwts., about one cwt. above average, and in the south-eastern counties generally over-average yields were obtained, especially in Sussex where there was a heavy crop of 14.2 cwts. per acre.
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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