LYNFORD HOUSE BRADLEY SITIO BATOL

AREA 570 hectares 200-300 hectares 0.5 hectare

HEIGHT just above sea level above sea level 60m above sea level

RELIEF very flat fenland slopes gently south flat land near the coast

SOIL mineral and organic fen seasonally waterlogged clay

RAINFALL 559 mm 50 inch/per year 2000mm

FARMERS YEAR
J Farm Maintenance Feed ewes Cut grass, weeding
F Farm Maintenance Sell the Lambs Land preparation
M Liquid Fertilising Year round tasks, foot care Spray pesticides
A Plant Potatoes Lambing, Calving Harvest rice
M Spray Potatoes Fertilise fields Harvest rice
J Irrigate Potatoes School visits, Hay cut Cut grass, weeding
J Vining Peas Making silage and hay Land preparation
A Harvest Wheat Wean the lambs Land preparation
S Drilling Winter Wheat Sell the Lambs, buy rams Spray pesticides
O Harves Potatoes Sort Ewes, Sell to market Harvest rice
N Ploughing Sell the Lambs, rams go out Harvest rice
D Spray Wheat Feed lambs Cut grass for cows

WORKERS 2 family-members full-time 4 farmers 2 men

EQUIPMENT tractors, combine, rolls tractors, landrover, mower No equipment

COSTS/INPUTS Fertiliser, pesticides Animal feed, vet/medicines Fertiliser, pesticides

CROPS GROWN Potatoes, peas hay, grassland, silage Rice

ANIMALS No animals 3 sheep, a cow Sheep, cows, pigs, hens,

INCOME/OUTPUTS Seed wheat, Potatoes Wool, Hay, Cast cows Rice