How many were employed at its peak some impressive farming going on there with some excellent quality stock and crops
Another fab film. Thank you for taking the trouble to post
At one time in the winter (carrots, sprouts and cabbage seasonal staff) we had 50 on about 800 acres. About 30 all year round. Here are the June census returns from 58 to 60
year | | 58 | 59 | 60 |
acres | | 757 | 757 | 757 |
staff total | | 31 | 32 | 28 |
cows | | 36 | 49 | 43 |
heifer 1st calf | | 21 | 14 | 23 |
bulls | | 1 | | 1 |
steers | | 89 | 132 | 238 |
heifers | | 39 | 53 | 59 |
total cattle | | 186 | 248 | 364 |
hens | | 168 | 347 | 150 |
sheep | | | | |
horses | | 2 | | |
pigs | | | 1 | |
barley | acres | 167 | 168 | 176 |
oats | acres | 38 | 31 | 34 |
wheat | acres | 71 | 71 | 58 |
mangolds | acres | 15 | 14 | 16 |
kale | acres | | 23 | 19 |
sugar beet | acres | 110 | 106 | 103 |
turnips | acres | 2 | 3 | 2 |
bare fallow | acres | | | |
lucerne | acres | 24 | 22 | 20 |
clover & temp | acres | 51 | 11 | |
permanent grass | acres | 98 | 161 | 184 |
hay | tons | 30 | 9 | 35 |
sprouts | acres | 13 | 14 | 14 |
cabbage | acres | 26 | 30 | 29 |
savoys | | | | |
carrots | acres | 22 | 29 | 37 |
peas | acres | 68 | 64 | 55 |
parsnips | acres | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Another super film. Many of us forget some of the machines / techniques that got superseded
I spent many hours setting random dumped bales into heaps of 15. In those days we used to buy 5 tons of sisal string, so there were several to do!
