File #35331: "Frank McMillan 1923 Diary 21.pdf"

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weather cool & cloudy. Plants not very good. small. not enough water in hot beds. June 1st. Finished planting Tomatoes about 18 000 in all. weather very warm. Strawberries getting white with Blossoms. June 2nd Planting out Peppers 24 sashes Hot peppers {25?} to the sash & 14 Sash Large Sweets about 9 000 in all. Two men cultivating tomatoes weather warm & dry no rain for two weeks. June 3rd Sunday. Light thunder shower in the night and a few light showers today. June 4th. Three or four heavy thunder showers today. finished planting peppers also planted {blank space} Cauliflowers out of hotbed. June 5th. Put about half a ton nitrate of soda on Cabbages Tomatoes & a few peppers started spraying got one tank on. June 6th Spraying again today weather cloudy. looks like a light crop of fruit. JUne 7th Raining all morning hoeing new Strawberries afternoon June 8th Very strong west winds & Cold could not spray. hoeing SBerries June 9th Spraying all day very windy & cool June 10 Sunday Fine & not very warm sat on Virandah. counted cars for half an hour. 334 cars passed the corner. between 430 & 5 oclock. June 11th. Spraying yet.
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