Tuesday March 20th. 1923
Fine
At home
E. Mayes Handle harrowing Rattlesden meadow with three horses
J. Howe Light harrowing on big Brettenham field
Farm Work for the Year:
March:
Hop Garden: Young hops are being planted. Grounds which have been trenched or subsoiled and manured receive the young plants in holes made for them.
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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