Wednesday May 16th, 1923
Showery & cold.
At home.
E. Mayes Ploughing for Swedes 4th time.
J. Howe & myself finish clearing one hale of beet.
from Farm Work for the Year
May:
The pigsties ought to be full on dairy farms, young pigs bred or bought receiving the whey, and with it Indian and barley and rice meal.
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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