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.
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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