Monday May 21st, 1923
Fine.
At home.
E. Mayes & J. Howe hoeing beans.
from Farm Work for the Year
May:
Hop Garden: Poling and subsequent hoeing of the hop ground are now complete, and the tying is commenced; two or three bines are tied to each pole. A second digging of the hop ground proceeds.
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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