Sunday, August 31, 2008

August 31st.

Friday August 31st. 1923

Fine
At home
Finish topping up Barley Stack
E. Mayes horse raking.
F. Reynolds setting tops on pea stubble
J. Howe on double Plough on Pea Land

Cash Account
August 1923
Receipts

2nd. 16 1/2 Butter 1/6 £1..4s..9d
7th. 18 1/2 Sc Eggs 2/9 £2..10s..10 1/2d
9th. 16 lb Butter 1/6 £1..4s..0d
16th. 13 lb Butter 1/8 £1..1s..8d
14th. Eggs 2/11 misc. £2..2s..3 1/2d
21st. 15 sc Eggs 2/11 per Sc. £2..3s..9d
23rd. 11 lb. Butter 1/8 18s..4d
30th. 12 lb. Butter 1/10 £1..1s..10d
28th. 16 Sc. eggs 2/11 £2..6s..8d

(order as given, no expenditure recorded)

Saturday, August 30, 2008

August 30th.

Thursday August 30th. 1923

Windy
At home
E. Mayes, Howe & myself turning Barley in Rattlesden meadow, unloading & finish carting Barley in the afternoon
F. Reynolds 1/2 day
long day

Friday, August 29, 2008

August 29th.

Wednesday August 29th. 1923

Wet
At home
Finish carting Barley in big Brettenham field, and get 2 loads out of Rattlesden meadow
2 men mending sacks in the afternoon

Thursday, August 28, 2008

August 28th.

Tuesday August 28th. 1923

Windy
At home
Carting Barley
long day

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922

The statement issued by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland giving the summarised results of the annual agricultural returns of that country, shows that with two exceptions, viz., oats and clover and rotation grasses, changes in the area of the chief crops in Scotland as compared with last year were similar to those in England and Wales.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

August 27th.

Monday August 27th. 1923

Fine
At home
Finish Cutting Barley and carting Barley
long day

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

August 26th.

Sunday August 26th. 1923

Fine
Go for a ride round Hessett

Farm Work for the Year
Special Crops:
Buckwheat may be cut in August, or as soon as the majority of blossoms have ripened their seed. Hemp: As soon as the seed has set on the female plants, the male plants may be pulled and tied in bundles, and carried to the steeping-pond. Mustard may be sown for ploughing-in or for feeding off. Teazel harvest begins in August, and the cutting of the heads continues for a week or two.

August 25th.

Saturday August 25th. 1923

Fine
At home
finish mucking wood field & cutting & carting Barley in big Brettenham field
long day

Memoranda
Aug 25th.

E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
F. Reynolds 24/0
W. Pearl 7/0

August 24th.

Friday August 24th. 1923

Showerey
At home
All men carting muck on to Wood field

August 23rd.

Thursday August 23rd. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes cutting Barley
others unloading beans and finish carting oak field wheat

Friday, August 22, 2008

August 22nd.

Wednesday August 22nd. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes cutting Barley
others unloading beans and finish carting oak field wheat

Thursday, August 21, 2008

August 21st.

Tuesday August 21st. 1923

Fine
At home
Started to cut Barley with binder in big Brettenham field binder go wrong E. Mayes go to Stow for two wheels
Other men carting Winter beans
long day

Farm Work for the Year
August
Stock farm:
Cheese and butter making proceed as in June and July. Milk yields more cheese per gallon in the autumn months. Cows at grass must have extra green food carried to them in the fields in drought. Sales of fatting stock may be effected this month when food for cattle in the fields is at its lowest. Swine will be bringing forth their second litters. The first litters are now strong young porkers, fit to go on the stubbles. The sows will want drafting; those intended for future breeding put on better pasture.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

August 20th.

Monday August 20th. 1923

Showerey
At home
All men mowing barley in Big Brettenham field
Long day

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

August 19th.

Sunday August 19th. 1923

Fine
At home
Edith go to Brettenham

Cash Account
July 1923
Cash

5th. Butter 1/6 £1..8s..6d
8th. 11 Sc Eggs 1/10 1/2 £1..0s..7 1/2d
8th. 19 doz. Eggs Sains 1/2 £1..2s..2d
10th. 11 Sc Eggs 1/10 £1..0s..2d
Sains 1/0 1/2 £1..2s..11d
12th. 16 1/2 lb. Butt at 1/6 £1..4s..9d
17th. 17 1/2 Score Eggs 1/9 £1..10s..7 1/2d
19th. 14 1/2 Butter 1/6 £1..1s..9d
24th. 22 3/4 Sc Eggs at 1/10 1/2 £2..2s..7 1/2d
26th. 15 butter 1/6 £1..2s..6d
31st. 17 1 /2 Sc Eggs at 2/7 £2..5s..2 1/2d

Expenditure
5th. J. Clover 1/2 Sk flour £1..2s..0d
7th. J Bakers Bill £1..18s..9d

Monday, August 18, 2008

August 18th.

Saturday August 18th. 1923

Very stormy
At home
E. Mayes horseraking Sandy layer & Bullace field.
J. Howe, F. Reynolds & myself setting up Bean sheaves

Memoranda
Aug. 18th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe 5 1/2 days 23/0
F. Reynolds 5 days 20/6
W. Pearl 7/0

Sunday, August 17, 2008

August 17th.

Friday August 17th. 1923

Showerey
At home
Carting corner field of wheat & setting up Beans

Saturday, August 16, 2008

August 16th.

Thursday August 16th. 1923

Fine
Go to Stow
All setting up wheat sheaves in oak field, setting up Rattlesden meadow Barley, carting Bullace field of wheat
Long day

farm Work for the Year
August
Arable farm:
This is the principal harvest month over all the Southern and Midland counties. Wheat is cut before it becomes dead ripe; the last operation of the ripening plant is to thicken the coat of bran on the grain, and there is more flour to a bushel of wheat cut before that stage than after it. Oats are cut while still a little green in the straw; they generally shake out in the wind if left till ripe. Barley is permitted to stand till dead ripe, the ear hanging down. It is required to be all of one stage of ripeness, secured by making it all dead ripe. Winter beans are ripe, and will be harvested in August. Spring-sown beans are also ripening. Early tares left for seed will ripen in August. Mangels and carrots, if running to seed, should be pulled or cut down. Clovers are now over, or folded by sheep. Lucerne also provides forage. Cabbages may be available for cattle at pasture in drought. Fallow work proceeds, and if the land is still foul, advantage must be taken of dry weather to collect and burn weeds. Trifoliage Incarnatum may be sown, 20 lb per acre, over wheat stubble that has been cleaned and harrowed in.

Friday, August 15, 2008

August 15th.

Wednesday August 15th. 1923

Showerey at first fine later
At home
E. Mayes jobbing about in the morning. Horserake Pea Stubblein the afternoon.
J. Howe at home 1/2 day setting up sheaves in the afternoon.
F. Reynolds at home all day.

Agricultural review of the Year 1922 (contd.)
The statement issued by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland giving the summarised results of the annual agricultural returns of that country, shows that with two exceptions, viz., oats and clover and rotation grasses, changes in the area of the chief crops in Scotland as compared with last year were similar to those in England and Wales.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

August 14th.

Tuesday August 14th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Cutting Rattlesden meadow Barley
Others Carting Sandy Layer Winter Oats
Heavy rain at night
(long day)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

August 13th.

Wednesday August 13th 1923

Showerey at first fine later
At home
E. Mayes jobbing about in the morning. Horserake Pea Stubble in the afternoon.
J. Howe at home 1/2 day setting up sheaves in the afternoon
F. Reynolds at home all day

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

August 12th.

Sunday August 12th. 1923

Fine
All at home

Cash Account
June 1923

Receipts
5th. Eggs at 1/10 Pr Sc £2..9s..6d
5th. 6 doz. to Sains 1/2 7s..0d
7th. 23 lb. Butt at 1/6 £1..14s..6d
7th. 8 Store Pigs at 74/0 each £29..12s..0d
12th. 20 1/4 Sc Eggs at 1/10 £1..17s..1 1/2d
12th. 12 Doz. to Sains at 1/2 14s..0d
14th. 21 lb. Butt at 1/6 £1..11s..6d
19th. 12 Sc Eggs at 1/10 £1..2s..0d
19th. 18 1/2 Doz Eggs (Sains) 1/2 £1..1s..7d
21st. 22 lb. Butter at 1/6 £1..13s..3d
26th. 11 Sc. Eggs at 1/10 1/2 £1..0s..7 1/2d
26th. 19 Doz eggs Sains 1/2 £1..2s..2d
28th. 19 1/2 Butter 1/6 £1..9s..3d


Expenditure

2nd. Mr. J. Horress (?) 1/2 yrs rent & rates £52..0s..0d
7th. Mr. Terry Collars £1..4s..6d
7th. Gilt from Stow £8..0s..0d
13th. 5 St flour 10 St Nidds from Mr Clovers £1..3s..4 1/2d
20th. N.F.U. subscription 13s..4d
28th. Tingay for cash £3..0s..0d

Monday, August 11, 2008

August 11th.

Saturday August 11th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes cutting corner field of wheat
J. Howe F. Reynolds cutting round corner field of wheat & setting same up
E. Mayes go to Stow the first thing get 6 Links 6 Pollants (?) & 4 Keeps
long day

Memoranda
Aug 11th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
F. Reynolds .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

Sunday, August 10, 2008

August 10th.

Friday August 10th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes finish Bullace field and Cut pear tree field Winter Beans
J. Howe F. Reynolds cutting round Oak field Wheat & setting up Bullace field of Wheat
long day

Saturday, August 9, 2008

August 9th.

Thursday August 9th. 1923

Fine
at home
E. Mayes, Howe, Reynolds & myself finish carting Peas, & start cutting Bullace field of Wheat
Reynolds & Howe cutting round winter Beans
E. Mayes
long day

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922
Hops (contd.)
In the western counties yields were not so satisfactory, being half a hundredweight below average in Herefordshire and just average in Worcestershire. Results this year were therefore the reverse of those of last year, when the western counties had good crops and the south-eastern counties lighter crops than usual.

August 8th.

Wednesday August 8th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes, Howe, J. Reynolds & myself Carting Peas
long day

Thursday, August 7, 2008

August 7th.

Tuesday August 7th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & Howe & Reynolds finish getting Clover unload same and get three Load of Peas
Long day

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

August 6th.

Monday August 6th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Cutting Sandy Layer Oats
Myself raking in Clover in Wood field
J. Howe F. Reynolds shaking up Clover and getting two Loads

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

August 5th.

Sunday August 5th. 1923

Fine
All at home

Champion Beast at London Smithfield Show

1911 W. T Garne & Son Shorthorn Heifer
1912 W. M. Cazalet Shorthorn Steer
1913 Duke of Portland, K.G. Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
1914 J. J. Cridlan Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
1915 H.M. The King Shorthorn Heifer
1916 J. J. Cridlan Aberdeen-Angus Steer
1917 and 1918 (no exhibition)
1919 J. F. Cumming Aberdeen-Angus Heifer
1920 J. J. Cridlan Aberdeen-Angus Steer
1921 Major J. A. Morrison Aberdeen-Angus Steer

Monday, August 4, 2008

August 4th.

Saturday August 4th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Cutting second crop of Clover
J. Howe & F. Reynolds hoeing Beet

Memoranda
Aug. 4th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
F. Reynolds 5 days 20/6
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

Sunday, August 3, 2008

August 3rd.

Friday August 3rd. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes handle Harrowing crown field
J. Howe, F. Reynolds & myself turning peas in the morning.
Howe & Reynolds hoeing Beet in the afternoon

Saturday, August 2, 2008

August 2nd.

Thursday August 2nd. 1923

Fine
Go to Stow
E. Mayes Rib Rolling Crown field
J. Howe & F. Reynolds finish pulling docks out of Winter Beans in Pear tree field
take five Pigs to Stow myself
sold for 69/0 each


Cash account
May 1923
Expenditure
10th. Mr. J. Clovers Bill £14..7s..11d
17th. Threshing Bill £9..4s..0d
17th. Iron Plough at Stow 15s..0d
24th. Gilt at Stow £8..12s..6d
28th. Ralli Car (?) from Mr. Barnard £10..0s..0d

Friday, August 1, 2008

August 1st.

Wednesday August 1st. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe carting heavy stuff from side of road into gateways in the morning, pulling Docks out of Winter beans in pear tree field in afternoon
F. Reynolds at home


Cash Account
May 1923
Receipts

1st. 30 Sc Eggs at 1/10 £2..15s..0d
3rd. 20 1/2 lb. Butt at 1/6 £1..10s..9d
8th. 3 1/2 Sc Eggs at 1/11 £3..0s..4 1/2d
10th. 20 1/2 lb Butt at 1/6 £1..10s..9d
10th. Heifer & Calf £31..0s..0d
15th. 30 Sc Eggs at 1/11 £2..17s..6d
17th. 21 lb Butt at 1/4 £1..8s..0d
17th. Horse at Stow Sale Scot 4 yrs old £26..5s..0d
23rd. 16 Sc Eggs at 1/10 £1..9s..4d
24th. 22lb. Butt at 1/6 £1..13s..0d
24th. Four Bullocks 15..12..6 £62..10s..0d
29th. 28 1/2 Sc Eggs at 1/10 £2..12s..3d
31st. 23lb Butt at 1/6 £1..14s..6d
10th. 10 Comb of Wheat £11..10s..7d

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