November 30th.

Friday November 30th. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe & myself topping up Shed in Stackyard in the morning.
Start ploughing pea land in 12 acres in the afternoon

from Farm Work for the Year
November
Stock Farm:
Cattle in the feeding stalls and sheep in the folds are being fed liberally, where beef or mutton is the end in view.The former are receiving cut or pulped swedes along with chaff, and their cake and meal is being gradually increased up to perhaps 6 or 8 lb. a day. Sheep also may be eating 1 lb. of cake or beans along with their chaff, and perhaps 20 lb. of roots in their troughs daily. In the dairy, as the grass fails, cows may receive hay as fodder in the fields, or be tied up in cow-houses, receiving cabbage or roots along with hay and straw chaff. Cheese-making comes to an end, and the milk of any lately-calved cows, or cows purchased for their winter milk, is sold directly to the consumer, the yield being stimulated by good feeding of all kinds, including grains and cake and meal. Store pigs are fed on turnips and bran, and fatting pigs on turnips, potatoes, and bean-meal.
Special Subjects:
Fences are planted, mended, cut, and laid this month; posts and rails should be repaired. Work in the hop grounds include draining, sorting, and repointing poles, and planting. Osiers may be cut this month. The teazel land receives a shallow digging between the rows of young plants. In water meadows, furrows, surface drains, hatches, etc., are all completed and irrigation commenced by those who have water at command.

November 29th.

Thursday November 29th. 1923

Frost & Snow
Go to Stow
E. Mayes & J. Howe spreading muck on big Brettenham field

November 28th.

Wednesday November 28th. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe finish carting muck on to Brettenham field


from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922
The good returns of India, Canada and the United States have provided 42.8 million metric tons of wheat this season, or 17 per cent over those of 1921. The European deficiency and that in North Africa is thus compensated, and it appears probable that the wheat yield of the whole northern hemisphere will, at the very least, prove equal to that of last year. The European yield of wheat in 1922 is 25.3 million metric tons, or 81 per cent of that in 1921; that of rye is 16.8 million (92.9 per cent of last year's); the barley yield is 11.4 million (102 per cent of that in 1921) and the production of oats is 18.9 million (99 per cent of last year's).

November 27th.

Tuesday November 27th. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe carting muck on to Big Brettenham field

November 26th.

Monday November 26th. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Carting muck on to Big Brettenham field

November 25th.

Sunday November 25th. 1923

Sharp frost
All at home
Jack & Nellie come over

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922 (contd.)
Poor results are manifest also in North Africa, where Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunis have wheat crops amounting to 68 per cent. of last year's.

November 24th.

Saturday November 24th. 1923

Frosty
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe start Ploughing Barn field

Memoranda
Nov. 24th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

November 23rd.

Friday November 23rd. 1923

Fine
At home
Men getting Beet off
Mr. Kerry take 6 Comb of Oats to Stowmarket for J. W Saunders at 12/0 Pr. Comb

November 22nd.

Thursday November 22nd. 1923

Fine
Go to Stow
Men getting Beet off

from Farm Work for the Year
November
Arable Farm: (contd.)
Thrashing of all kinds of grain, as straw or corn is needed either for use or sale, is carried on in November and other winter months. The straw may be cut into chaff as it is thrashed, and, with a certain amount of salt added, piled up in the barn for use as food.

November 20th.

Tuesday November 20th. 1923

Frosty
At home
E. Mayes setting tops in Barn field
J. Howe Carting litter, drawing water furrow in corner field, opening some furrows in big Brettenham field and harrowing in wood field in the afternoon

November 19th.

Monday November 19th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & myself Drilling Wheat in wood field
J. Howe harrowing for same

November 18th.

Sunday November 18th. 1923

Fine
All at home

from Farm Work for the Year
November
Arable Farm (contd.):
Horses may still be ploughing among the corn stubbles this month, those fields intended for beans and peas being ploughed first, and those intended for swedes and turnips last. It is well, too, to select the stiffest soils for early ploughing. Some of the labour of November may be spent in carrying clay or marl or chalk on such lands as would be benefited by them.

November 17th.

Saturday November 17th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe harrowing Pear tree field
E. Mayes make up the day Ploughing on Bullace field
J. Howe make up the day carting litter

Memoranda
Nov. 17th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

November 16th.

Friday November 16th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & myself Drilling Wheat in Pear tree field.
J. Howe harrowing for same

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922 (contd.)
It is on account of the disturbed condition of Europe it is still impossible to obtain reliable information regarding the world's crops of wheat, maize, barley, etc. The alterations of boundaries of certain European countries have also rendered comparisons impossible. It is, however, certain that this year's wheat crop from all Europe apart from Russia is less than that of 1921. Prussia is short of bread stuffs and France will not have the quantities of cereals she had in 1921.

November 15th.

Thursday November 15th. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe finish Ploughing Pear tree field and harrow same

November 14th.

Wednesday November 14th. 1923

Rain
At home
E. Mayes Ploughing in Pear tree field

from Farm Work for the Year
November:
Arable Farm:
Wheat-sowing is carried out as fast as swede and mangel fields are cleared, and it should be finished this month. Mangel wurzel should be harvested before November, pulling and carting them to pits near the buildings where they are to be consumed. Both common and swede turnips may be pitted in the fields where they have been grown, a portion of both, where there is a heavy crop, being carried also to the homestead. Carrots and parsnips should all be dug and housed or pitted in November.

November 13th.

Tuesday November 13th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Ploughing in Pear tree Field

November 12th.

Monday November 12th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Ploughing in Pear tree field

November 11th.

Sunday November 11th. 1923

Fine
All at home


Cash Account
November
Receipts
Nov. 1st. 2 Sc. Eggs at 4/10 £0..9s..8d
Nov. 1st. 17 lb. Butt at 2/0 £1..14s..0d
Nov. 6th. 2 Sc Eggs at 5/4 £0..10s..8d
Nov. 8th. 17 1/2 lb Butt at 2/0 £1..15s..0d
Nov. 13th. 1 1/2 Sc Eggs at 5/5 £0..8s..1 1/2d
Nov. 15th. 16 1/2 lb. Butt at 2/0 £1..13s..0d
Nov. 20th. 1/2 Sc Eggs at 5/5 £0..2s..8 1/2d
Nov. 22nd. 16 lb. Butt at 2/0 £1..12s..0d
Nov. 27th. 2 1/4 Sc. Eggs at 5/5 £0..11s..11d
Nov. 29th. 15 lb. Butt at 2/0 £1..10s..0d

November 10th.

Saturday November 10th. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe jobbing about

Memoranda
Nov. 10th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe 5 days 20/10
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

November 9th.

Friday November 9th. 1923

Snow
At home
E. Mayes jobbing about
J. Howe at home

November 8th.

Thursday November 8th. 1923

Frost
Go to Gislingham
E. Mayes & J. Howe jobbing about in the morning, harrowing Wood field for Wheat in the afternoon

November 7th.

Wednesday November 7th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & myself Drilling Wheat in crown field
J. Howe harrowing for same

November 6th.

Tuesday November 6th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe finish Ploughing in Beans

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922 (Scotland, contd.)

The number of horses on farms was reduced by 5,200 to 211,400, the decrease in the number of foals being 2,900 or nearly 23 per cent.
Pigs were increased by 4,900 to 150,000 as opposed to the large reduction of 209,000 in England and wales.

November 5th.

Monday November 5th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Ploughing in Beans

November 4th.

Sunday November 4th. 1923

Fine
At home
Edith go to Brettenham

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922

Cattle rose by 2,300 and numbered 1,145,400, cows and heifers in milk or in calf increasing by 8,600 to 451,600 in spite of a reduction of 6,300 in the number of heifers in calf. Two-year old cattle declined by 29,200 to 199,000, but yearlings numbered 250,000 against 232,000 last year and calves 226,000 against 221,000 in 1921.

November 3rd.

Saturday November 3rd. 1923

Windy
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Ploughing in Beans

Memoranda
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

November 2nd.

Friday November 2nd. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing in beans

November 1st.

Thursday November 1st. 1923

Showerey
Go to Gislingham
E. Mayes Ploughing headlands in crown field
J. Howe Ploughing in beans
Both men jobbing about in the afternoon