Saturday June 2nd. 1923
Fine
At home
E. Mayes & J.Howe spreading muck for swedes & rolling ridges down
Memoranda
June 2nd.
E. Mayes 5 days 25/0
J. Howe 5 1/2 days & 1 Night Pulling Charlocks 25/0
F. Pearl 37 hrs. Chopping over Winter Oats 18/6
9 boys pulling Charlocks £2...0...0
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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