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.
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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