Farming in the 1920s

December 31st.

2008-12-31T10:40:00.002Z

Monday December 31st. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe threshing
Threshed 52 Combs Wheat
36 Barley
5 Beans
8 Oats
2 hrs. Chaff Cutting
J. Friston 8/3

December 30th.

2008-12-30T21:25:00.001Z

Suunday December 30th. 1923

Frosty
All at home

December 29th.

2008-12-29T11:05:00.003Z

Saturday December 29th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes clearing up in stackyard
J. Howe in the yards

Memoranda
Dec. 29th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 30/0
W. Pearl 2 days 2/6

December 28th.

2008-12-28T19:09:00.001Z

Friday December 28th. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes getting beet in and clearing up in stackyard
J. Howe yardman
Paid Mr. Leoman 7/0 for coming to Horse

December 27th.

2008-12-27T09:31:00.001Z

Thursday December 27th. 1923

Frost
Come home from Cotton
E. Mayes Carting muck on to bullace field for tares
J.Howe yardman

December 26th.

2008-12-26T13:14:00.001Z

Wednesday December 26th. 1923

Snow
Both men jobbing about

December 25th.

2008-12-25T10:29:00.001Z

Tuesday December 25th. 1923

Frost

Xmas day

December 24th.

2008-12-24T10:13:00.002Z

Monday December 24th. 1923

Frost
E. Mayes Ploughing in Big Brettenham field
J. Howe yardman
Horse queer (Short)

December 24th.

2008-12-24T10:13:00.000Z

Monday December 24th.

December 23rd.

2008-12-23T11:14:00.002Z

Sunday December 23rd. 1923

Frost
Go to Cotton

from Farm Work for the Year
December
Special Crops:
Planting and pruning may be carried on in the orchard, and digging in the hop grounds, to which manures and poles may be carried in frosty weather.

December 22nd.

2008-12-22T20:08:00.002Z

Saturday December 22nd. 1923

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

Memoranda
Dec. 22nd.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/6

December 21st.

2008-12-21T11:53:00.001Z

Friday December 21st. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe putting straw on Beet & loading up straw

December 20th.

2008-12-20T14:25:00.001Z

Thursday December 20th. 1923

Frost & Snow
Go to stow
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing iin 12 acres
Mr. Kerry take eight Pigs to Stowmarket
Sold at 55/0 each

December 19th.

2008-12-19T08:14:00.000Z

Wednesday December 19th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing in 12 acres

December 18th.

2008-12-19T08:13:00.001Z

Tuesday December 18th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Ploughing in 12 acres
J. Howe & myself finish getting swedes off

December 17th.

2008-12-17T19:30:00.001Z

Monday December 17th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Ploughing in 12 acres
J. Howe & myself take Cow to Mr. Freemans
J. Howe & myself getting swedes off in the afternoon

December 16th.

2008-12-16T23:25:00.004Z

Sunday December 16th. 1923

Fine
All at home

Farm Work for the Year
December
Stock Farm: (contd.)
Yards and byres and boxes are cleaned out, and the manure carted during frosty weather, when the dung-cart can be worked without injury to the land, heaps of manure being made on properly-prepared layers of absorbent earth in the fields intended for green crops next year. The carts are driven over the heaps as they bring their additions, so as by condensation to check any premature fermentation.

December 15th.

2008-12-15T20:29:00.001Z

Saturday December 15th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe & W. Pearl finish getting beet off

Memoranda
Dec. 15th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl .. .. 1/6

December 14th.

2008-12-14T15:10:00.002Z

Friday December 14th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe getting beet off

December 13th.

2008-12-13T15:41:00.002Z

Thursday December 13th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes ridging in Bullace field
J. Howe taking up Potatoes

from Farm Work for the Year
December:
Stock Farm (contd.):
On dairy farms the production of milk for sale is almost the only work going on. Some butter- making may be continued, and the earliest calves may be coming, but, as a rule, where cheese-making is the ordinary industry, cows are dry, and fed, either in fields or in shippons, on turnips with hay and straw.

December 12th.

2008-12-12T14:36:00.002Z

Wednesday December 12th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes start ridging in Bullace field
J. Howe taking up Potatoes

from Farm Work for the Year
December
Stock Farm (contd.):
Sheep folded on turnips should receive ample dry food along with the cut turnip in the troughs, and ewes scattered over the grass fields require additional food, especially dry food, along with a few turnips or cabbages. Pigs should be sold as they fatten, and the larger stores with the sows, after their third litter, should be put in to fill up the blanks.

December 11th.

2008-12-11T18:55:00.001Z

Tuesday December 11th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes ploughing in 12 acres
J. Howe taking up Potatoes

December 10th.

2008-12-10T20:23:00.001Z

Monday December 10th. 1923

Frosty
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing in 12 acres

December 9th.

2008-12-09T21:27:00.003Z

Sunday December 9th. 1923

Frosty
All at home

from Farm Work for the Year
December

Stock Farm:
Cattle in stalls are kept warm and dry and clean and well fed, cow stock being treated as to food according to their condition, whether dry or yielding milk, and fatting stock being fed better and better as they are getting fat.

December 8th.

2008-12-08T16:25:00.001Z

Saturday December 8th. 1923

Frosty
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing in 12 acres

Memoranda
Dec. 8th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

December 7th.

2008-12-07T17:14:00.002Z

Friday December 7th. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing in 12 acres

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922
The Government of India, having continued the prohibition of exports of cereals and flour until prospects for coming crops were favourable, now announces that all restrictions on exports of the above products are abolished.

December 6th.

2008-12-06T20:56:00.001Z

Thursday December 6th. 1923

Frost
Go to Stow
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing in 12 acres

December 5th.

2008-12-05T23:49:00.001Z

Wednesday December 5th. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Ploughing in barn field

December 4th.

2008-12-04T23:34:00.001Z

Tuesday December 4th. 1923

Rain
At home

E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing till Bait time.
Jobbing about in the afternoon.

December 3rd.

2008-12-03T19:39:00.003Z

Monday December 3rd. 1923

Frosty
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe ploughing in Barn field

Monday December 3rd. 1923

2008-12-03T19:39:00.001Z

December 2nd.

2008-12-02T20:27:00.003Z

Sunday December 2nd. 1923

Frosty
All at home

from Farm Work for the Year
December
Arable Farm:
Horse labour includes ploughing stubbles, ploughing lea for oats, carting lime for the kiln, and marl from pits or trenches to the fields where these are to be applied; also in carting stones to roads, tiles to drains, manures to fields, and grain to market; also in carting from market such feeding-stuffs as your stock require. Drainage work goes on in December, the lowest field on the farm being first done, and a good outfall for the whole area being secured. Roads should be made and mended.

December 1st.

2008-12-01T18:37:00.001Z

Saturday December 1st. 1923

Frost
At home
E. Mayes, J. Howe & myself finish topping up Shed in Stackyard

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

November 30th.

2008-11-30T16:27:00.003Z

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.

2008-11-29T21:09:00.001Z

Thursday November 29th. 1923

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

November 28th.

2008-11-28T19:48:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-27T21:49:00.001Z

Tuesday November 27th. 1923

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

November 26th.

2008-11-26T23:00:00.001Z

Monday November 26th. 1923

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

November 25th.

2008-11-25T19:55:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-24T18:53:00.001Z

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.

2008-11-23T18:47:00.001Z

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.

2008-11-22T20:41:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-20T19:06:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-19T22:53:00.001Z

Monday November 19th. 1923

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

November 18th.

2008-11-18T18:39:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-17T20:14:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-16T15:36:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-15T17:36:00.001Z

Thursday November 15th. 1923

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

November 14th.

2008-11-14T22:17:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-13T22:43:00.002Z

Tuesday November 13th. 1923

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

November 12th.

2008-11-12T17:48:00.001Z

Monday November 12th. 1923

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

November 11th.

2008-11-11T22:45:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-10T22:18:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-09T19:33:00.001Z

Friday November 9th. 1923

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

November 8th.

2008-11-08T19:21:00.001Z

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.

2008-11-07T20:26:00.001Z

Wednesday November 7th. 1923

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

November 6th.

2008-11-06T18:56:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-05T22:49:00.001Z

Monday November 5th. 1923

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

November 4th.

2008-11-04T19:58:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-03T19:40:00.002Z

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.

2008-11-02T14:07:00.000Z

Friday November 2nd. 1923

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

November 1st.

2008-11-01T20:32:00.002Z

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

October 31st.

2008-10-31T16:05:00.001Z

Wednesday October 31st. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes finish ploughing headlands in corner field & drilling & harrowing same
J. Howe Ploughing in beans

October 30th.

2008-10-30T11:42:00.002Z

Tuesday October 30th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & myself finish drilling barley
E. Mayes harrowing & start ploughing headlands in same field
J. Howe Ploughing in beans

October 28th.

2008-10-29T13:53:00.002Z

Sunday October 28th. 1923

Fine
All at home

from Farm Work for the Year
October
Special Subjects:
It is well to begin in October, and maintain throughout the year, a strict record of all receipts and payments. Farm accounts, therefore, are a special subject for October. Hop picking is completed in October. Young teazels may be transplanted from the seed-beds 16 inches apart, on a wheat stubble once ploughed and harrowed. Gorse, cutting every alternate row in successive winters, may be cut and crushed for cattle food. Water meadows are being prepared for winter flooding by making fit all surface furrows.

October 27th.

2008-10-29T13:51:00.002Z

Saturday October 27th. 1923

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

Memoranda
Oct. 27th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

Ocotber 26th.

2008-10-29T13:50:00.001Z

Friday October 26th. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Dressing Winter Beans in the morning
Ploughing them in in the afternoon

October 25th.

2008-10-29T13:48:00.002Z

Thursday October 25th. 1923

Fine
Go to Stow
E. Mayes & myself putting in headlands in winter oat field.
E. Mayes harrowing in corner field for Barley
J. Howe Ploughing in Winter Beans

October 24th.

2008-10-24T07:55:00.002+01:00

Wednesday October 24th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe finish ploughing in corner field
& start ploughing winter beans in

Farm Work for the Year
October
Stock Farm (contd.)
Sheep may be folded on turnips or rape, or receive them in the meadows; and lambs, too, may be put on turnips by the middle of the month, receiving some chaff of hay and a small allowance of cake. Horses are on full work, and must receive their full allowance of corn. The rams may be put with the ewes in October.

October 23rd.

2008-10-23T21:36:00.002+01:00

Tuesday October 23rd. 1923

Wet
At home
E. Mayes take 5 Comb of Wheat & 5 Comb of Oats to Stowmarket for J. W. Saunders
J. Howe ploughing in the morning
in the barn in the afternoon
Wheat 19/6
Oats 12/0

October 22nd.

2008-10-22T21:05:00.001+01:00

Monday October 22nd. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes finish Ploughing headlands in oak field.
J. Howe Ploughing in corner field.
E. Mayes take 2 pigs for Mr. Baker to Rattlesden 2/6

October 21st.

2008-10-21T18:34:00.002+01:00

Sunday October 21st. 1923

Showerey
At home

from Farm Work for the Year
October
Stock Farm (contd.):
Store pigs may be fed in yards or sties on mangels or carrots that have run to seed, along with a little meal and steamed turnips. The sow should not be allowed access to the boar this month; she goes with young 16 weeks, and it is important that her first litter should not be earlier than April. Fatting pigs get the small potatoes from the field, steamed, along with 5 or 6 lb. of meat.

October 20th.

2008-10-20T23:38:00.002+01:00

Saturday October 20th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes take 15 Comb of Peas to Mr. Squirrels Bildeston
J. Howe & myself Carting litter
W. Pearl take young Sow to Mr. Spalls
£4..0..0

Memoranda
Oct. 20th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3
Bought Gilt from Mr. Tingay £5..0..0

October 19th.

2008-10-19T19:29:00.002+01:00

Friday October 19th. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes start Ploughing headlands in oak field take 15 Coomb of Barley to Mr. Williams & get Colt shod
J. Howe Ploughing in corner field

Farm Work for the Year
October
Stock Farm: Feeding cattle are brought into their stalls or yards, and fed on cut turnips, along with hay chaff and oil-cake or meal. Cows, too, may be brought in at night, receiving green food in their mangers. Cheese making is drawing to a close.

October 17th.

2008-10-17T22:00:00.002+01:00

Wednesday October 17th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes harrowing for oats in the morning. Drilling Oats in the afternoon.
J. Howe on Double Plough in the morning, harrowing for Oats in the afternoon.

October 16th.

2008-10-16T18:51:00.001+01:00

Tuesday October 16th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes harrowing for winter Oats
J. Howe on Double Plough in corner field

October 15th.

2008-10-15T18:34:00.002+01:00

Monday October 15th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe shutting up furrows in oak field in morning & start Ploughing corner field

from Farm Work for the Year
October
Arable Farm (contd):
Potatoes may be harvested in October, either by the plough or spade, and sold as they are dug, or pitted in long, narrow heaps on dry ground, which can afterwards be thatched and covered with earth. Stubble ploughing is October work, and, if clean, those fields may be manured before ploughing which are to receive spring beans, early peas, carrots, and parsnips, and mangels.

October 14th.

2008-10-14T23:14:00.003+01:00

Sunday October 14th. 1923

Fine
All at home
Jack & Nellie, Mr. & Mrs. Barker came over
Baby Christened, Brettenham Church

October 13th.

2008-10-13T19:58:00.002+01:00

Saturday October 13th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes take two horses to Blacksmith and getting swedes in
J.Howe flashing in oak field

Memoranda
Oct. 13th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

October 12th.

2008-10-12T20:05:00.002+01:00

Friday October 12th. 1923

Wet
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe shutting up furrows & weighing up 15 Comb of Peas

October 11th.

2008-10-11T21:42:00.002+01:00

Thursday October 11th. 1923

Fine
Go to Stow
E. Mayes & J. Howe Carting Straw into Barn in the morning.
Ploughing headlands round wood field in the afternoon
Sold 15 Coomb of Peas at 21/9
15 .. Barley .. 7/0 to Mr. Squirrell

October 10th.

2008-10-10T20:41:00.002+01:00

Wednesday October 10th. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes fetch Waggon from Hessett Sale in the morning
J. Howe on Double Plough in the morning
Both men Dressing Seed Oats in the afternoon

from Farm Work for the Year
October
Arable Farm (contd.)
Winter beans may be sown in October on any stubble that has been prepared by ploughing and manuring to receive them. Winter vetches may be sown during October, some having been sown during September also for successions in May and June. Sow half a bushel of rye per acre along with three bushels of the vetches.

October 9th.

2008-10-09T22:11:00.002+01:00

Tuesday October 9th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Myes & myself ploughing with Colt in oak field
J. Howe on double plough

October 8th.

2008-10-08T19:38:00.002+01:00

Monday October 8th. 1923

Fine
Go to Hessett sale
E. Mayes J. Howe & myself breaking Colt in the morning
E. Mayes on Double Plough in the afternoon
J. Howe flashing

October 7th.

2008-10-07T18:55:00.002+01:00

Sunday October 7th. 1923

Fine
Go to Gislingham myself

Cash Account
October: Receipts

2nd. 8 1/4 Eggs 3/2 £1..6s..7 1/2d
4th. 7 Butter 1/10 12s..10d
9th. 7 1/2 Sc Eggs 3/6 £1.. 6s..3d
11th. 7 Butter 1/10
16th. 5 Sc. Eggs 4/- £1..0..0
18th. 10 Butter 2/- £1..0..0
23rd. 3 3/4 Sc Eggs 4/5 16s..6 1/2d
25th. 13 Butter 2/- £1..6s..0d

October 6th.

2008-10-06T20:48:00.002+01:00

Saturday October 6th. 1923

Fine
Go to Haughley
E. Mayes & W. Pearl meet Colts at Haughley Fox
J. Howe on Double Plough

Memoranda
Oct. 6th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

October 5th.

2008-10-05T20:32:00.002+01:00

Friday October 5th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & myself mending places
J. Howe on Double Plough in oak field

from Farm Work for the Year
October
Arable Farm (contd.):
The land may be moist when sowing wheat, though not so wet as to be poached by the horses. The furrows should be cleaned out by plough and spade, giving free exit to all surface water after the seed has been harrowed in.

October 4th.

2008-10-04T23:16:00.002+01:00

Thursday October 4th. 1923

Windy
Go to Stow
E. Mayes take Black Boar to Stowmarket Sold for £3 bought another young Boar £3..15..0
J. Howe opening furrows & setting tops in Oak field

October 3rd.

2008-10-03T22:00:00.001+01:00

Wednesday October 3rd. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe take 25 Combs of Barley to Mr. Squirrell at Bildeston at 19/6

October 2nd.

2008-10-02T20:19:00.001+01:00

Tuesday October 2nd. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe myself & Mr. Kerry finish carting muck for Winter Beans on Big Brettenham field
77 loads

October 1st.

2008-10-01T19:05:00.002+01:00

Monday October 1st. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe myself and Mr. Kerry carting muck for Winter Beans

from Farm Work for the Year
October:
Arable Farm:
Wheat-sowing is one of the principal operations of the month. Clover and bean stubbles having been ploughed are ready for the seed, which should be "pickled" before sowing. It is well to use the fork to dig out patches of couch, either before ploughing or during the process. Five or six pecks of seed per acre suffice.

September 30th.

2008-09-30T21:47:00.001+01:00

Sunday September 30th. 1923

Fine
All at home
Jack & Nellie come over with Eric & Nora

September 29th.

2008-09-29T21:35:00.002+01:00

Saturday September 29th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe W. Pearl & myself carting muck for Winter Beans

Memoranda
Sep. 28th.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

September 28th.

2008-09-28T20:40:00.002+01:00

Friday September 28th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J. Howe Ploughing Clover Land

from Agricultural Review of the Year 1922 (Scotland contd.)
Ewes increased by 53,000 to 2,868,000 and lambs by 17,000 to 2,750,000, whilst other sheep declined by 57,000 to 1,053,000, giving an increase of 13,000 in the total number of sheep.

September 27th.

2008-09-27T21:17:00.002+01:00

Thursday September 27th. 1923

Fine
Go to Stow
E. Mayes Ploughing Clover Land
J. Howe harrowing for Winter Beans in Big Brettenham field
Sold 25 Coombs of Barley at 19/6 to Mr. Squirrell

September 26th.

2008-09-26T20:02:00.002+01:00

Wednesday September 26th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Ploughing Clover land
J. Howe harrowing land for Winter Beans
myself flashing

September 25th.

2008-09-25T23:34:00.001+01:00

Tuesday September 25th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Ploughing Clover land
J. Howe spreading muck in the morning
& myself. J. Howe flashing in the afternoon

September 24th.

2008-09-24T19:29:00.001+01:00

Monday September 24th. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Ploughing Clover land in woodfield.
J. Howe & myself spreading muck in wood field.

September 22nd.

2008-09-22T21:50:00.002+01:00

Saturday September 22nd. 1923

Fine
At home
E. Mayes Ploughing in crown field
J. Howe Clearing up Stackyard

Memoranda
Sept. 22nd.
E. Mayes full week 30/0
J. Howe .. .. 25/0
W. Pearl 1 day 1/3

September 21st.

2008-09-21T20:02:00.003+01:00

Friday September 21st. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes take 40 Comb of Wheat to Mr. Hitchcock at 19/6 Per Comb
J. Howe take a Load of corn to Buxhall Mill & jobbing about