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Franklin McMillan (1915-1932)
1930
Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers
Front cover with yellow sticker "1930"
[Inside front cover]
Season 1930
Apr 10th Arrived home this afternoon weather is fine. Alan broke his arm on arrival.
April 11th Men working at hotbeds they are just finishing planting and they look pretty good.
April 12th. Unloading 5th and last car {railway car} of manure.
Sunday Apr 13th. Fine & warm home all day alone
Mon Apr. 14th Getting ready to spray pears 7 gals {gallons} Emulsion to a tank every thing out of
order only got 2 tanks on.
Apr 15. Very cold & windy froze ½ in. {inch} ice got one tank of spray on.
Apr 16 still cold & windy still spraying. managed to get done but very windy.
Apr 17 Cold & cloudy rain in the morning. Nelson ploughing afternoon.
Apr. 18th Good Friday fine & warm topping berry bushes and started uncovering strawberries
Apr 19th Uncovering strawberries look fair. but rows very light
Apr 20th Easter Sunday Bright but cold. strong East wind had Geo Hammonds for supper
April 21st. Raining this am. turned sick at noon. Dysentery I guess and every body with colds too.
Apr 22nd. Very cold. uncovering S.B. {strawberries}
Apr 23rd Cold this a.m. froze an inch of ice. Thermometer 26 at 8 oclock.. at 10am. ground covered
with snow. some real squalls. Drawing manure off strawberries
Apr 24 Still cold froze ice again this a.m.
April 25 started uncovering Strawberries again stopped a few days it was so cold & frosty. feeling
punk. sick Stomach.
Apr 26th A little milder today. Nelson ploughing. men uncovering strawberries, myself doing nothing
feel no good.
Apr 27th Sunday home alone all day. weather fine
April 28th Smith started work again. uncovering strawberries yet.
April 29th Fine & warm started Transplanting Tomatoes in plant boxs.
April 30th Finished planting tomatoes in boxs (4400) weather fine & warm
April 30 May 1st. Transplanting tomatoes yet. had a big shower this morning. had an Examination by
the Dr. says to quit work for awhile
May 2nd Very windy today planting tomatoes and also planting cukes more showers & a thunder
storm in the afternoon, with hail as large as marbles
May 3rd Strawberry plants arrived 12000 cost $51.50 for the plants $10.30 duty & $22 70 express
Total $84 50. they look pretty good.
May 4th Sunday. fine & warm
May 5th. Planting strawberries with the planter done about 10 000 today. very warm need rain badly
too. Cut 2 bskts {baskets} asparagus for the first
May 6th Planted out Cabbages 6000 this morning. very warm & dry, a few of the early plums coming
into blossom, strawberries planted yesterday look cooked. Planted 20 lbs Davis Wax Beans & put 1
ton of 4-16-8 Fertilizer on Raspberries and cut 8 bskts Asparagus.
May 7th & 8th & 9th. still digging & Planting strawberries. also planted Early corn & pumpkins. nearly
done up. got two teeth pulled.
May 10th Finished planting strawberries about 6 acres.
May 11th Sunday fine and warm
May 12th. Finished transplanting tomatoes & planted 2 ozs Cauliflower seed & 4 ozs Bush
Vegetable marrows.
May 13th Watering hotbeds & started to hoe strawberries
May 14th Light showers will do a lot of good men clipped horses drew wood & took sprayer to get
overhauled
May 15th Still a few showers hoeing strawberries
May 16th Hoeing strawberrries
17th Colder today planting Potatoes & replanting strawberries filling up.
May 18th Sunday cloudy & cold. all day.
May 19th. Rain all day biggest this spring. also very cold. about 40 & 45 all day.
May 20th Clear and a little milder. replanting strawberries yet. thousands dead of the first planting,
bad roots I guess. and warm weather then
May 21st. Fine & warm men hoeing strawberries
May 22 Very warm today hoeing strawberries
May 23rd Warm about 90. Started planting out tomatoes.
May 24th a big change Very cool today planting out tomatoes.
May 25th. Sunday cold about 55 this afternoon. 32 at 530 this a.m. with a light white frost.
May 26th Planting tomatoes very cold light frosts I guess no damage here. tried to start spraying no
good no pressure.
May 27th. still cold. planting tomatoes & got on 6 tanks of spray. a little milder tonight. looks like rain.
May 28th. cold & showery. spraying & hoeing strawberries
May 29th 30th & 31st. Windy & cold. frosts nearly every morning but not heavy to do any damage
here. Spraying & hoeing strawberries. 27 tanks on now about 3 more to finish. seems to be lots of
cherries and plums and quite a lot of pears
June 1st Sunday warmer but very windy from South west.
June 2nd Finished spraying and planting Tomatoes about 18000 in all.
June 3rd Planted out about 12000 peppers. Very warm and windy
June 4th. Planting cukes marrows & peppers still very warm. finished planting about 15000 peppers
in all.
June 5th Men all hoeing cultivating & ploughing Very warm over 90 had an examination at the Ham.
{Hamilton} Clinic no report yet.
June 6th Cooler today a few light showers. Hoeing new strawberries lots of them dead they say.
June 7th Very cold West wind & cloudy.
June 8th Sunday. cool.
June 9th. Hoeing & cultivating
June 10th Showery. nearly all day. & cool.
June 11th Bright but cool got 3 more teeth pulled. picked first strawberries 4 x 36's sold at 13¢
pint
June 12th. Fine & warmer planted out Cauliflower yesterday. ground in good shape but plants very
small.
June 13th Picked 14 x 36 SBerries {strawberries} sold at - 10 at 20¢ 3 @ 18¢ 1 at 17¢
June 14th. Fine and warm, men hoeing bushes, Blackberries in full bloom now just white. am afraid
that they will be no good though
June 15 Sunday fine & warm.
June 16. A few light showers in the night and this morning picked strawberries in the rain Sent 21
crates to Toronto by our truck at 10 oclock. Sold at 10 at 25¢ 6 at 20¢ 5 at 23¢ 24 crates at noon. 6
at 18¢ and down to 10¢. 15 crates at night Sold 7 cts. 63 crates in all.
June 17th. Big slump in Berries down to 7¢ pint in Toronto.
June 18th Sold here today. 102 crates to Scott at 8¾¢ & 25 to Davidson at 8¢
June 19th. Showery & cold only picked 55 x 36 SBerries today. Sold at 8¾ cts.
June 20th cool again picked 111 crates SBerries.
June 21st. Dean & his boys out to stay a couple of days.
June 22nd Sunday Fine and warm.
June 23rd Our biggest picking of berries 196 & 27 crates
June 24th no picking today
June 25th. Only 96 crates SBerries today and nearly done picked 2 bskts {baskets} Richmond
cherries & 2 of white Sweets Ripe very early this year
June 26th showery about noon. continued most of the day. Picked 7 bskts Richmonds at 60¢ and 5
white Sweets at 75¢
June 27. Cold & cloudy & high winds. Picked 68 crates strawberries 20 bskts Richmonds cherries 14
bskts Sweets 75¢ whites 60¢
June 28th. Fine & cool. spraying cherries again got on 6½ tanks
June 29th. Sunday Fine & warmer. went to La Salle Park for a couple of hours
June 30 Very warm nothing picking on account of the holiday tomorrow men still spraying takes 11
tanks to go over cherries
July 1st Picked 42 crates strawberries 55 x 11 Richmond cherries sold Scott at 57¢ 11 x 6 Sweets.
Big rain about 1 oclock. lasted nearly all afternoon Pickers all soaked.
July 2nd Picked 77 Richmond cherries sold 45 up north 55¢ & shipped balance to Toronto Sold at 30
to {40?} cts per 11.
July 3 Picked 30 Richmonds & 10 sweets today.
July 4 Finished Richmond cherries had 205 x 11 Baskets. Cut 6 crates Cabbages sold at 90¢ 20
Black cherries at 70¢
July 5. no picking today. men hoeing old strawberry beds. a little warmer looks like rain today. picked
45 pints Rasps yesterday for the first sold at 25¢ pint.
July 6th Sunday Fine & warm
July 7th. Picked 91 cherries shipped 66 north at 85¢ and Sold 25 at - 75¢ and 22 x 6 qts Black
Sweets at 75¢. 16 Beans at 50¢
July 8th 59 x 11 Monts {Montmorency} today 85¢ 23 x 6's Blacks. 4 Beans
July 9th. 78 cherries. 26 Beans 29 x 6 Sweet cherries 6 Cabb. 4 crates Rasps & 12 x 6 Green
peppers. the first of the season. Sold at 60¢ - per 6 qt.
July 10 Picked 262 cherries today. prices 65 to 85¢ 15 Beans at 40 & 50¢
July 11 Only picked 98 bskts {baskets} cherries & 3 crates Rasps 25 bskts Beans today 40¢
July 12th Picked 86 cherries for Scott at 70¢ and sent 7 crates Rasps to Toronto. Sold at 18¢
July 13th. Fair & cool. another thunder storm in the night.
July 14th. Picked 416 x 11 cherries today 33 beans & 6 crates Cabbages.
July 15th Picked 314 x 11 cherries and 22 doz Cabb. 14 x11 peppers 21 crates Rasps. Sold at 13¢
July 16th. Picked 409 cherries today getting cheap Sold 150 to Scott at 62¢. 105 Bullock at 65¢
Balance north at 80¢ Sold 40 doz. Cabbages at 35 cts a doz.
July 17 Only picked 208 cherries today. & 21 crates Rasps. 19 Beans. 3 crates Cabb.
July 18 only picked 77 cherries shipped north a few at 80¢ but mostly 75¢ 5 cabb. & 11 beans
picked one six quart of Tomatoes & 1 x 11 Cucumbers for the first. 11 days ahead of first picking last
year. weather very warm.
July 19th Sat. picked 13 crates Rasps. 106 x 11 cherries 65¢ 90 x 6 qts for Davidson 45¢ 25 for
Scott 35¢
July 20 Sunday very warm was down to Hicks for tea Uncle Dave arrived yesterday for a week.
July 21 very busy 465 x 11 cherries from 67½ to 75¢ 20 beans 40 and 45. 8 cukes 75¢ 8 cabb 50¢
July 22. Picked 33 crates Rasps 223 x 11 cherries today.
July 23 Picked 2 & 3 x 11 cherries at 65. 67 & 75¢. 170 x 6's @ 42½ 15 crates Cabb 50¢ 11 Cukes
60 12 beans 40. worked till nearly eight oclock.
July 24 Picked 175 cherries & 14 crates Rasps. Very warm.
“ 25 Very warm & dry only picked 59 cherries & a few beans & cukes strawberry crop totals was
374 x 36 pints & 412 x 275 quarts about half as many as last year and prices lower 12½ at Uptons
last year and 11¢ this year
July 26. picked 16 crates Rasps & 142 cherries
July 27th. Very warm had. Grandma B. out for a bskt of cherries
July 28th Terrible hot & dry plants all wilting picked cherries a few Rasps. 21 bskts {baskets}
tomatoes shipped north at 90¢ also picked first plums Shiro (5) bskts at 70¢ & first Vegetable
marrow also first Sweet peppers
July 29th Cooler today. but no rain. a big turnover at yesterday’s Dominion Election. Last term the
Liberals had 120 Seats. this year time Conservatives have 138 seats. Was at Mr Robt Allen's funeral
some crowd there. he died suddenly Saturday morning
July 30. no rain yet & very warm picked about 40 tomatoes sold at 90 75¢
July 31st Picked one crate Black Berries for the first & 20 x 11 cherries
Aug 1st. Had a run on Cabbages today 53 crates. for Scott & Bullock. at 50¢ crate & 80 toms
{tomatoes} at 75¢ north & 60 ct to dealers. 29 cukes 55¢ Very hot & dry yet. Finished picking
cherries
3915 x 11's Mont.
205 x 11's Richmonds
310 x 6's Mont.
160 x 6 Sweets. prices pretty low from 65¢ to dealers 75 & 85 north
Aug 1 Beans done also had. Sold 232 bskts at from 35 to 41 50¢ a bskt totaled $100.00.
Aug 2nd nothing doing today. Very warm also finished picking Raspberries yesterday had about 140
crates.
Aug 3rd Sunday Very warm had Stan Blair over and went for a picnic
Aug 4th. Very warm yet picked 170 toms 92 plums. 15 cabb
Aug 5th no rain yet every thing getting worse. Tomatoes, worst we ever had rough & dry rot. picked
177 bskts 36 plums 13 bskts apples & 17 Hampers apples.
Aug 6th. Picking tomatoes & plums. very hot
Aug 7th no rain yet picked 131 toms shipped 60 plums & picking for Upton Jam Coy {Company}.
sold him plums at 2¢ a lb except Burbanks at 1½ a lb
Aug 8th. First load to Uptons 203 x 11 Shiro plums. Picked 223 toms Sold 142 at 45¢ Shipped 81
north at 60¢ 6 crates Lawtons 17 plums and 100 x 6 qt plums Red Junes to Scott at 22¢
Aug 9 Saturday Picked 154 toms and 122 plums for Upton for Monday a.m.
Aug 10th. A Big change in the weather. cool this morning. 66 at 10a.m.
Aug 11th A Big day today 214 toms at 45¢ 314 plums at 40¢ Some peppers, cabbages, cukes, etc
Fair & cool. saw the big Airship R.100 over here from England
Aug 12. Weather fine & Cool. a big day but every thing getting cheap.
Aug 13. Tomatoes 30 to 40¢ picked 250 Burbank plums at 30¢ picked 530 bskts in all also 100 doz
Corn & 5 crates Blackberries
Aug 14 A light shower this am. and a thunder shower at 5 p.m.. picked 150 toms & 200 plums.
Aug 15 Took 261 plums to Upton this am. 215 ready to go to morrow a.m. Sold Scott 130 Burbanks
70 toms & shipped 64 toms & 8 crates Lawtons.
Aug 16 Saturday only shipped 26 tomatoes & sold Scott 100 plums.
Aug 17 Sunday Fair & cold was down to Johns for Supper.
Aug 18th. A Busy day. 301 bskts tomatoes at 30 & 35¢. 11 G Peppers 3 Red peppers at $125
{$1.25}. 7 Cabbages 3 Marrows crates. & 423 bskts Burbank plums.
Aug 19. 180 toms. 388 Burbank plums. also 25 x 6 Burbanks, 47 cukes at 25¢ 7 Clapp pears at 60¢
Aug 20th 256 toms today Sold 50 at 40¢ Balance at 35¢
Aug 21st. Another busy day. 275 toms at 35¢ all but 50 sold to trucker at 45¢. 28 Bradshaws. 60¢.
46 Clapps pears at 60¢. Finished Burbanks. 222 bskts.
Aug. 22 picked 378 bskts toms sold at 35¢ and 40¢. 20 Bradshaw plums 60¢ also shipped 48 x 11
Red peppers to Toronto. Sold 10 at $100 {$1.00} 38 at 75¢ Finished corn had 360 doz. Sold for
$80.00.
Aug 23rd. Finished Clapps favorite pears, 122 bskts this year sold at 50¢ & 60¢.
Aug 24th cold and rainy
Aug 25th. Picked 315 toms at 38 & 40¢ 60 plums at 50 & 60¢. 34 cukes 5 Cauliflowers $100 {$1.00}
crate
Aug 26th {Picked} 231 toms today lower in price 30¢ & 40¢ over 110 plums.
Aug 27. {Picked} 177 bskts toms today & 168 plums 40 Red peppers 85¢ and $1.00 13 crates
Cauliflowers sold at 50¢ 30 bartlett Pears 60¢
Aug 28 not so busy only 137 toms & 125 plums 57 cukes
Aug 29th. nothing doing today. only picked 61 bskts tomatoes today. men hoeing strawberries
Aug 30 Went to Toronto Ex. men hoeing strawberries
Aug 31st Sunday Fine home all day.
Sept 1st. not so busy but picked about 300 bskts
Sept 2nd not very many orders only about 100 bskts. picking tomatoes for Canning factory
Sept 3rd Sold Scott 390 plums Grand Dukes, Monarch, & Reine Claudes at 40¢ & shipped 34 bskts
north. only 44 toms north 30¢ 15 Bartlett pears.
Sept 4. Hardly any tomato orders only 25 bskts at 30¢ & 44 plums at 50¢. 22 Bartletts 60¢, 32 x 11
Culls to Toronto sold at 30¢. sorting pears for Cannery A lot of small ones. 140 plums to Uptons
Sept 5. only shipped 10 plums & 15 tomatoes. 17 peppers north. shipped 50 Red peppers to
Toronto. 128 bus {bushels} Tomatoes to Canning Factory 142 plums to Uptons. 43 bus pears to
Canners.
Sept 6 Saturday Picking plums & pears for Canners and 48 Peppers for Scott
Sept 7 Sunday Fine went to Hamilton Saw Wilcox’s.
Sept 8th. sold Scott a load of plums & peppers & shipped 90 bskts mixed stuff north & picked more
pears for canners
Sept 9. Got another load of plums to Canners & 75 bus pears also. only a few orders 29 bskts Scott
got 40 Red peppers 65
Sept 10 Last of Bartletts gone. 137 bushes in all. picked over 100 bskts Cukes at 21 cents. 60 x 6
Red peppers 65 x 11 Red. 27 Greens. 59 plums. 16 Caul.
Sept 11 Fine & warm took 116 bus toms to factory. picked 146 Reine Claudes 13 Red peppers & 12
crates Cauliflowers
Sept 12th Finished Reine Claude plums 1208 bskts. sold Scott 50 toms at 27¢ without covers. & 60
peppers shipped 46 bskts fruit north & Davidson got 101 plums.
Sept 13. Picked 53 cukes at 20¢. 25. toms 30 9 Caul. $1.50 20 Green peppers. 30¢ a shower about
3PM
Sept 14 Sunday Fine & Very warm Had Wilcoxs for dinner
Sept 15th. Warm with a few showers. shipped 41 toms 4 peppers. 2 caul 36 plums north. Scott 15
Red peppers 3 Caul. Davidson 81 Grand Duke plums. & shipped to Toronto 66 x 11 Red Sweet
peppers.
Sept 16. Showery picked about 150 bskts {baskets}. Smith still drunk have not seen him since
Sunday.
Sept 17. Finished Grand Dukes (148) plums & picked 17 prunes 7 cauliflowers $1.00
Sept 18th. Picked Howell pears for Davidson 73 bushels at $1.00 per bush and 55 more Red
peppers for Toronto 35 at 60¢ 20 at 50¢
Sept 19th Picked 134 bskts peppers today. sold greens at 30 Reds 50¢ Very warm
Sept 20 no orders today
Sept 21 Sunday went down to the beach.
Sept 22. Fine & warm no orders north. sold Scott 35 peppers & 5 Caul. shipped 10 Caul 10 Red
Peppers to Toronto.
Sept 23. not many orders sold Scott our peaches 63 bskts at 50¢
Sept 24. Sold Davidson 60 Cukes 20¢ 13 Dills 40 shipping a load of peppers & caul to Toronto.
Sept 25 Showery today picked 25 Peppers & 2 Caul. digging Potatoes very small
Sept 26. A few more Showers picked 200 bskts peppers today sold scott 35 Reds at 40¢ 50 Green
Hot at 25¢ 81 Green Sweets 30 Shipped 34 Reds to Toronto and 7 caul.
Sept 27 Cold. men hoeing strawberries only order 5 crates Cauliflowers
Sept 28. Sunday cool & cloudy had Hicks over in the evening.
Sept 29. Picking peppers & cukes.
Sept 30. Cool. picking peppers hoeing & ploughing
Sept 30th. Oct 1st. Picked peppers sold a few to Scott at 27¢.
Oct 2nd. First white frost of the season no harm done. finished picking plums. 23 prunes.
Oct 3rd to 7th. Fine & cool. light white frosts. still picking tomatoes cukes & peppers.
Oct 7th to 15th. weather very fine & warm. flowers all in bloom yet. Fruit & Vegetables all gone only
peppers & pumpkins no sale for either. had my tonsils burnt out on Sat. Oct 11th. throat very sore
yet.
Oct 18th Change in the weather cold with gales from the West and first snow flurries of the season.
Oct 19th & 20th cold with strong winds snow flurries. regular hurricanes reported Sat & Sun. with
snow some places 2 ft deep.
Oct 20th to 27th weather cool & cloudy some frosts at night. no rain.
Oct 27th to Nov 5th. mostly fair. white frosts at night. some fogs turning colder tonight
Nov 5th to Nov 11th. weather fine & moderately warm. work about all done Smith pruning ploughing
all done. Shipped 18 crates Cauliflowers on Nov 6th. Sold at $2 00 crate also shipped 75 peppers
(not sold yet.) not much sale for them last lot. Sold from 25 to 50¢ bskt. 50¢ was for a few Large Red
Sweets
Nov 12th to 24th. Weather mild. cloudy & very foggy
Nov 25 turning colder work about all done pruning nearly done.
Nov 26 & 27th very cold only 7 above zero this a.m Smiths unloading 2nd car {railway car} manure
for strawberry covering.
Nov 26 to 29th. Cold & frosty
Nov 30 Sunday Had Chapmans out for the day weather rainy.
Dec 1st & 2nd Very cold just 4 from zero at 830 this a.m.
Dec 4th Milder again unloading manure & covering strawberries
Dec 5th. Mild & Foggy. had Havana Cuba on Radio for an hour. real good
Dec 6th mild & rainy. Sat up late Had KFI Los Angeles at 130 am. also Had Denver. Florida. Texas.
Oklahoma & St Petersburg Florida heard Amos & Andy there at 7 oclock had 53 Stations tonight
Dec 13th. weather fine & not very cold. Smith quit work tonight
Dec 15th & 16th Very cold about zero the last two nights.
Dec 20th milder the last few days finished last car of manure today.
Dec 24th. weather has been a little cooler. had a couple of inches of snow today.
Dec 25th. Christmas Day down to Johns for the day. it was a lovely day fair. not too cold and a
couple of inches of snow on the ground. light south winds blowing.
Dec 26 & 27th. milder & cloudy snow all gone again.
Dec 30th. Fair & moderately cold went to Hamilton bot a goose. 32¢ a lb 14¼ lbs. $4.50
Dec 31st. Colder today started snowing about noon.
List of Varieties of plums for 1930
Shiro’s
418 x 11’s
Red Junes
515 x 11’s
Abundance
33 x 11’s
Burbanks
2266 x 11’s
Bradshaws
138 x 11’s
Lombards
45 x 11’s
Green Gages
376 x 11’s
Reine Claudes
1208 x 11’s
Monarchs
120 x 11’s
Damsons
11 x 11’s
Prunes
36 x 11s
Grand Dukes
808 x 11s
Total
5974 x 11 qts
100 x 6’s
25 x 6’s
125 x 6 qts
Prices ranged at 2 cts a lb for Greens & Reds and 1½ cts a lb for Burbanks at Jam Factory. Dealers
prices about the same. after paying for baskets. Prices up north about 10 cts a bskt Higher.
Pears for 1930
Clapps Favorite 122 bskts Sold at about 50¢ & 60¢.
Bartletts 150 bskts at 60¢
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Culls 87 “ at 30¢ in Toronto
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Bushels. 137 to Canners at 3 and 3½ a lb.
Howells 10 x 11 at 50¢
{Howells} 73 bus. at $1.00
Duchess 6x11
{Duchess} 17 bushels
Clairgeau 7 bskts
Kieffers 23 bskts at 30¢
Season. 1929
Total Sales.
2147 95
3781 60
2675 52
1450 71
1339 02
1805 28
$13,200 08
$
Oct 27
Alan Davidson. Bur{lington}
73 00
27
Alan Davidson Bur
35 65
27
Upton Jam Co. Ham{ilton}
686 38
Oct 29
D S Litster Burks Falls
84 00
31
H M Shaw Trout Creek
72 00
31
R L Scott Aldershot
14 75
R. I. Armstrong Burks Falls
2 85
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Hare Bros Bracebridge
139 14
“
G Sinclair Orilles
37 90
“
A E Johnston Sundridge
5 85
Manser Welb Toronto
47 40
11
C P Carpenter Winona
6 55
12
Manser Welb Toronto
24 19
15
J W Troyer Burks Falls
12 00
17
Manser Welb Toronto
39 26
Manser Welb
29 27
Drafts
Nov 5
Dec 3
3
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Hutchison Bros Bracebridge
35 70
18
Canadian Canners Burl.
278 75
24
C W Sharpe Burks Falls
3 00
29
A P Wonod Tottenham
10 00
Cash Sales
167 64
1805 28
Oct 2.
A Davidson Burl.
255 10
4
Mrs M Gollop Cookstown
2 25
4
Wm Peek Burks Falls
152 32
7
M. Welb Toronto
43 39
Oct.
J D Stewart Thornton
63 75
By Draft x
W V Fry Thornton
17 55
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Simpson Tottenham
2 85
“
“ “
H Rinn Tottenham
43 45
John Saro Barrie
51 16
F D Cancilla Barrie
25.00 +
G. W Nichol Beeton
25. 70
Manser Welb Toronto
48 56
A Davidson Burl.
174 30
15
C P Carpenter Winona
21 50
22
Wilson Hamilton
22 02
22
R. L. Scott.
197 05
22
Manser Welb
12 57
15
S. R. Trading Co
61 00
22
J R Couse Cookstown
45 00
25
P J Marrin Bracebridge
75 50
Oct 14
1339 02
Sept 9
Hanna & Co. Port Carling
22 50
9
D S Litster Burks Falls
111 45
9
Manser Welb Toronto
32 23
11
A Davidson Burl.
191 30
11
F. Monkman Cookstown
28 60
J W Troyer Burks Falls
63 05
10
T. S. Tremouth Powassan
49 50
15
Manser Welb. Toronto
73 23
22
R L Scott Aldershot
333 92
+ 22
C P. Carpenter Winona
8 25
+ 23
Manser Welb Toronto
31 32
A E Johnston Sundridge
78 97
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J D Wisdon Allandale
7 85
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R. T. Armstrong Burks Falls
5 15
25
C P Carpenter Winona
157 25
25
A Davidson Burl.
107 04
27
C W Sharpe Burks Falls
173 90
27
S L Anderson Crossland
10 30
30
M Welb Toronto
64 90
+ 12
Drafts.
1450 71
Aug 20
Rhymal Hamilton
4 32
21
F D Cancilla Barrie
18 75
21
Wm Peek Burks falls
128 40
21
S L Anderson Crossland
33 25
P J Marrin Bracebridge
148 25
x Aug 23.
R. L. Scott Aldershot
656 56
x
A Davidson Burl.
154 09
Manser Welb Toronto
68 07
3
G Williamson Tottenham
4 00
4
G W Nichol Beeton
116 25
S River Trading Co.
93 10
x
22.
25
Sept 2
Paid by Drafts
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W. V. Fry Thornton
31 00
“
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Simpson Tottenham
46 30
“
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H Rinn Tottenham
94 75
“
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J R Couse Cookstown
87 70
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“
Hare Bros Bracebridge
211.28
C.P. Carpenter Winona
86 07
6
R L Scott Aldershot
361.95
6
Hutchison Bros Bracebridge
331 43
Sept 5.
2675.52
July 23rd
E. Bullock Burl.
144.95
25
A Davidson Burl.
178 10
25
Upton Jam Co. Ham.
878.83
28
R L Scott Aldershot
659.66
28
L Robinson Elmvale
16 45
28
Manser Welb Toronto
71.28
29
R L. Scott Aldershot
26 22
31
July Cash Sales
141 60
D. S. Litster Burks Falls
93 90
8
C P. Carpenter
98 50
8
C W Sharpe Burks Falls
152.20
Allan Davidson
133.40
C P Carpenter
36 18
M S Gollop Cookstown
12 50
J F Cullingham Cookstown
4 50
Hare Bros Bracebridge
237 49
15
T. S. Tremouth Powassan
67.25
16
A Davidson Burl.
300.90
18
R L Scott Aldershot
591 85
Aug 7
+
12
Drafts 15
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3781.60
May 12th
Manser Welb Toronto
33 47
20th
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21 81
27
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23 34
June 2
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23 25
9
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23 49
28
“
C P Carpenter
47 25
20
Cash Sales
6 50
23
Cash Sales
56 80
Manser Welb Toronto
115 43
June 16
24
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320 55
July 1st
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213 91
“
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23 03
8
8
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R. L. Scott Aldershot
748 40
12
G. Davidson Burlington
52 00
15
C P Carpenter
84 00
15
Manser Welb Toronto
77 28
16
E. Bullock Burl.
240 65
18
L Robinson Elmvale
18 05
21
Brown & Co Barrie
4 25
Manser Welb Toronto
14 49
2147 95
Standing order for Manure
Berry Covering 5 cars Nov 10th 12th - 14 - 16 - 18
Hotbed 5 cars Feb 1st & 10th Mar 5th Mar 10 & 20th
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1930
Transcribed by Rural Diary Archive volunteers
Front cover with yellow sticker "1930"
[Inside front cover]
Season 1930
Apr 10th Arrived home this afternoon weather is fine. Alan broke his arm on arrival.
April 11th Men working at hotbeds they are just finishing planting and they look pretty good.
April 12th. Unloading 5th and last car {railway car} of manure.
Sunday Apr 13th. Fine & warm home all day alone
Mon Apr. 14th Getting ready to spray pears 7 gals {gallons} Emulsion to a tank every thing out of
order only got 2 tanks on.
Apr 15. Very cold & windy froze ½ in. {inch} ice got one tank of spray on.
Apr 16 still cold & windy still spraying. managed to get done but very windy.
Apr 17 Cold & cloudy rain in the morning. Nelson ploughing afternoon.
Apr. 18th Good Friday fine & warm topping berry bushes and started uncovering strawberries
Apr 19th Uncovering strawberries look fair. but rows very light
Apr 20th Easter Sunday Bright but cold. strong East wind had Geo Hammonds for supper
April 21st. Raining this am. turned sick at noon. Dysentery I guess and every body with colds too.
Apr 22nd. Very cold. uncovering S.B. {strawberries}
Apr 23rd Cold this a.m. froze an inch of ice. Thermometer 26 at 8 oclock.. at 10am. ground covered
with snow. some real squalls. Drawing manure off strawberries
Apr 24 Still cold froze ice again this a.m.
April 25 started uncovering Strawberries again stopped a few days it was so cold & frosty. feeling
punk. sick Stomach.
Apr 26th A little milder today. Nelson ploughing. men uncovering strawberries, myself doing nothing
feel no good.
Apr 27th Sunday home alone all day. weather fine
April 28th Smith started work again. uncovering strawberries yet.
April 29th Fine & warm started Transplanting Tomatoes in plant boxs.
April 30th Finished planting tomatoes in boxs (4400) weather fine & warm
April 30 May 1st. Transplanting tomatoes yet. had a big shower this morning. had an Examination by
the Dr. says to quit work for awhile
May 2nd Very windy today planting tomatoes and also planting cukes more showers & a thunder
storm in the afternoon, with hail as large as marbles
May 3rd Strawberry plants arrived 12000 cost $51.50 for the plants $10.30 duty & $22 70 express
Total $84 50. they look pretty good.
May 4th Sunday. fine & warm
May 5th. Planting strawberries with the planter done about 10 000 today. very warm need rain badly
too. Cut 2 bskts {baskets} asparagus for the first
May 6th Planted out Cabbages 6000 this morning. very warm & dry, a few of the early plums coming
into blossom, strawberries planted yesterday look cooked. Planted 20 lbs Davis Wax Beans & put 1
ton of 4-16-8 Fertilizer on Raspberries and cut 8 bskts Asparagus.
May 7th & 8th & 9th. still digging & Planting strawberries. also planted Early corn & pumpkins. nearly
done up. got two teeth pulled.
May 10th Finished planting strawberries about 6 acres.
May 11th Sunday fine and warm
May 12th. Finished transplanting tomatoes & planted 2 ozs Cauliflower seed & 4 ozs Bush
Vegetable marrows.
May 13th Watering hotbeds & started to hoe strawberries
May 14th Light showers will do a lot of good men clipped horses drew wood & took sprayer to get
overhauled
May 15th Still a few showers hoeing strawberries
May 16th Hoeing strawberrries
17th Colder today planting Potatoes & replanting strawberries filling up.
May 18th Sunday cloudy & cold. all day.
May 19th. Rain all day biggest this spring. also very cold. about 40 & 45 all day.
May 20th Clear and a little milder. replanting strawberries yet. thousands dead of the first planting,
bad roots I guess. and warm weather then
May 21st. Fine & warm men hoeing strawberries
May 22 Very warm today hoeing strawberries
May 23rd Warm about 90. Started planting out tomatoes.
May 24th a big change Very cool today planting out tomatoes.
May 25th. Sunday cold about 55 this afternoon. 32 at 530 this a.m. with a light white frost.
May 26th Planting tomatoes very cold light frosts I guess no damage here. tried to start spraying no
good no pressure.
May 27th. still cold. planting tomatoes & got on 6 tanks of spray. a little milder tonight. looks like rain.
May 28th. cold & showery. spraying & hoeing strawberries
May 29th 30th & 31st. Windy & cold. frosts nearly every morning but not heavy to do any damage
here. Spraying & hoeing strawberries. 27 tanks on now about 3 more to finish. seems to be lots of
cherries and plums and quite a lot of pears
June 1st Sunday warmer but very windy from South west.
June 2nd Finished spraying and planting Tomatoes about 18000 in all.
June 3rd Planted out about 12000 peppers. Very warm and windy
June 4th. Planting cukes marrows & peppers still very warm. finished planting about 15000 peppers
in all.
June 5th Men all hoeing cultivating & ploughing Very warm over 90 had an examination at the Ham.
{Hamilton} Clinic no report yet.
June 6th Cooler today a few light showers. Hoeing new strawberries lots of them dead they say.
June 7th Very cold West wind & cloudy.
June 8th Sunday. cool.
June 9th. Hoeing & cultivating
June 10th Showery. nearly all day. & cool.
June 11th Bright but cool got 3 more teeth pulled. picked first strawberries 4 x 36's sold at 13¢
pint
June 12th. Fine & warmer planted out Cauliflower yesterday. ground in good shape but plants very
small.
June 13th Picked 14 x 36 SBerries {strawberries} sold at - 10 at 20¢ 3 @ 18¢ 1 at 17¢
June 14th. Fine and warm, men hoeing bushes, Blackberries in full bloom now just white. am afraid
that they will be no good though
June 15 Sunday fine & warm.
June 16. A few light showers in the night and this morning picked strawberries in the rain Sent 21
crates to Toronto by our truck at 10 oclock. Sold at 10 at 25¢ 6 at 20¢ 5 at 23¢ 24 crates at noon. 6
at 18¢ and down to 10¢. 15 crates at night Sold 7 cts. 63 crates in all.
June 17th. Big slump in Berries down to 7¢ pint in Toronto.
June 18th Sold here today. 102 crates to Scott at 8¾¢ & 25 to Davidson at 8¢
June 19th. Showery & cold only picked 55 x 36 SBerries today. Sold at 8¾ cts.
June 20th cool again picked 111 crates SBerries.
June 21st. Dean & his boys out to stay a couple of days.
June 22nd Sunday Fine and warm.
June 23rd Our biggest picking of berries 196 & 27 crates
June 24th no picking today
June 25th. Only 96 crates SBerries today and nearly done picked 2 bskts {baskets} Richmond
cherries & 2 of white Sweets Ripe very early this year
June 26th showery about noon. continued most of the day. Picked 7 bskts Richmonds at 60¢ and 5
white Sweets at 75¢
June 27. Cold & cloudy & high winds. Picked 68 crates strawberries 20 bskts Richmonds cherries 14
bskts Sweets 75¢ whites 60¢
June 28th. Fine & cool. spraying cherries again got on 6½ tanks
June 29th. Sunday Fine & warmer. went to La Salle Park for a couple of hours
June 30 Very warm nothing picking on account of the holiday tomorrow men still spraying takes 11
tanks to go over cherries
July 1st Picked 42 crates strawberries 55 x 11 Richmond cherries sold Scott at 57¢ 11 x 6 Sweets.
Big rain about 1 oclock. lasted nearly all afternoon Pickers all soaked.
July 2nd Picked 77 Richmond cherries sold 45 up north 55¢ & shipped balance to Toronto Sold at 30
to {40?} cts per 11.
July 3 Picked 30 Richmonds & 10 sweets today.
July 4 Finished Richmond cherries had 205 x 11 Baskets. Cut 6 crates Cabbages sold at 90¢ 20
Black cherries at 70¢
July 5. no picking today. men hoeing old strawberry beds. a little warmer looks like rain today. picked
45 pints Rasps yesterday for the first sold at 25¢ pint.
July 6th Sunday Fine & warm
July 7th. Picked 91 cherries shipped 66 north at 85¢ and Sold 25 at - 75¢ and 22 x 6 qts Black
Sweets at 75¢. 16 Beans at 50¢
July 8th 59 x 11 Monts {Montmorency} today 85¢ 23 x 6's Blacks. 4 Beans
July 9th. 78 cherries. 26 Beans 29 x 6 Sweet cherries 6 Cabb. 4 crates Rasps & 12 x 6 Green
peppers. the first of the season. Sold at 60¢ - per 6 qt.
July 10 Picked 262 cherries today. prices 65 to 85¢ 15 Beans at 40 & 50¢
July 11 Only picked 98 bskts {baskets} cherries & 3 crates Rasps 25 bskts Beans today 40¢
July 12th Picked 86 cherries for Scott at 70¢ and sent 7 crates Rasps to Toronto. Sold at 18¢
July 13th. Fair & cool. another thunder storm in the night.
July 14th. Picked 416 x 11 cherries today 33 beans & 6 crates Cabbages.
July 15th Picked 314 x 11 cherries and 22 doz Cabb. 14 x11 peppers 21 crates Rasps. Sold at 13¢
July 16th. Picked 409 cherries today getting cheap Sold 150 to Scott at 62¢. 105 Bullock at 65¢
Balance north at 80¢ Sold 40 doz. Cabbages at 35 cts a doz.
July 17 Only picked 208 cherries today. & 21 crates Rasps. 19 Beans. 3 crates Cabb.
July 18 only picked 77 cherries shipped north a few at 80¢ but mostly 75¢ 5 cabb. & 11 beans
picked one six quart of Tomatoes & 1 x 11 Cucumbers for the first. 11 days ahead of first picking last
year. weather very warm.
July 19th Sat. picked 13 crates Rasps. 106 x 11 cherries 65¢ 90 x 6 qts for Davidson 45¢ 25 for
Scott 35¢
July 20 Sunday very warm was down to Hicks for tea Uncle Dave arrived yesterday for a week.
July 21 very busy 465 x 11 cherries from 67½ to 75¢ 20 beans 40 and 45. 8 cukes 75¢ 8 cabb 50¢
July 22. Picked 33 crates Rasps 223 x 11 cherries today.
July 23 Picked 2 & 3 x 11 cherries at 65. 67 & 75¢. 170 x 6's @ 42½ 15 crates Cabb 50¢ 11 Cukes
60 12 beans 40. worked till nearly eight oclock.
July 24 Picked 175 cherries & 14 crates Rasps. Very warm.
“ 25 Very warm & dry only picked 59 cherries & a few beans & cukes strawberry crop totals was
374 x 36 pints & 412 x 275 quarts about half as many as last year and prices lower 12½ at Uptons
last year and 11¢ this year
July 26. picked 16 crates Rasps & 142 cherries
July 27th. Very warm had. Grandma B. out for a bskt of cherries
July 28th Terrible hot & dry plants all wilting picked cherries a few Rasps. 21 bskts {baskets}
tomatoes shipped north at 90¢ also picked first plums Shiro (5) bskts at 70¢ & first Vegetable
marrow also first Sweet peppers
July 29th Cooler today. but no rain. a big turnover at yesterday’s Dominion Election. Last term the
Liberals had 120 Seats. this year time Conservatives have 138 seats. Was at Mr Robt Allen's funeral
some crowd there. he died suddenly Saturday morning
July 30. no rain yet & very warm picked about 40 tomatoes sold at 90 75¢
July 31st Picked one crate Black Berries for the first & 20 x 11 cherries
Aug 1st. Had a run on Cabbages today 53 crates. for Scott & Bullock. at 50¢ crate & 80 toms
{tomatoes} at 75¢ north & 60 ct to dealers. 29 cukes 55¢ Very hot & dry yet. Finished picking
cherries
3915 x 11's Mont.
205 x 11's Richmonds
310 x 6's Mont.
160 x 6 Sweets. prices pretty low from 65¢ to dealers 75 & 85 north
Aug 1 Beans done also had. Sold 232 bskts at from 35 to 41 50¢ a bskt totaled $100.00.
Aug 2nd nothing doing today. Very warm also finished picking Raspberries yesterday had about 140
crates.
Aug 3rd Sunday Very warm had Stan Blair over and went for a picnic
Aug 4th. Very warm yet picked 170 toms 92 plums. 15 cabb
Aug 5th no rain yet every thing getting worse. Tomatoes, worst we ever had rough & dry rot. picked
177 bskts 36 plums 13 bskts apples & 17 Hampers apples.
Aug 6th. Picking tomatoes & plums. very hot
Aug 7th no rain yet picked 131 toms shipped 60 plums & picking for Upton Jam Coy {Company}.
sold him plums at 2¢ a lb except Burbanks at 1½ a lb
Aug 8th. First load to Uptons 203 x 11 Shiro plums. Picked 223 toms Sold 142 at 45¢ Shipped 81
north at 60¢ 6 crates Lawtons 17 plums and 100 x 6 qt plums Red Junes to Scott at 22¢
Aug 9 Saturday Picked 154 toms and 122 plums for Upton for Monday a.m.
Aug 10th. A Big change in the weather. cool this morning. 66 at 10a.m.
Aug 11th A Big day today 214 toms at 45¢ 314 plums at 40¢ Some peppers, cabbages, cukes, etc
Fair & cool. saw the big Airship R.100 over here from England
Aug 12. Weather fine & Cool. a big day but every thing getting cheap.
Aug 13. Tomatoes 30 to 40¢ picked 250 Burbank plums at 30¢ picked 530 bskts in all also 100 doz
Corn & 5 crates Blackberries
Aug 14 A light shower this am. and a thunder shower at 5 p.m.. picked 150 toms & 200 plums.
Aug 15 Took 261 plums to Upton this am. 215 ready to go to morrow a.m. Sold Scott 130 Burbanks
70 toms & shipped 64 toms & 8 crates Lawtons.
Aug 16 Saturday only shipped 26 tomatoes & sold Scott 100 plums.
Aug 17 Sunday Fair & cold was down to Johns for Supper.
Aug 18th. A Busy day. 301 bskts tomatoes at 30 & 35¢. 11 G Peppers 3 Red peppers at $125
{$1.25}. 7 Cabbages 3 Marrows crates. & 423 bskts Burbank plums.
Aug 19. 180 toms. 388 Burbank plums. also 25 x 6 Burbanks, 47 cukes at 25¢ 7 Clapp pears at 60¢
Aug 20th 256 toms today Sold 50 at 40¢ Balance at 35¢
Aug 21st. Another busy day. 275 toms at 35¢ all but 50 sold to trucker at 45¢. 28 Bradshaws. 60¢.
46 Clapps pears at 60¢. Finished Burbanks. 222 bskts.
Aug. 22 picked 378 bskts toms sold at 35¢ and 40¢. 20 Bradshaw plums 60¢ also shipped 48 x 11
Red peppers to Toronto. Sold 10 at $100 {$1.00} 38 at 75¢ Finished corn had 360 doz. Sold for
$80.00.
Aug 23rd. Finished Clapps favorite pears, 122 bskts this year sold at 50¢ & 60¢.
Aug 24th cold and rainy
Aug 25th. Picked 315 toms at 38 & 40¢ 60 plums at 50 & 60¢. 34 cukes 5 Cauliflowers $100 {$1.00}
crate
Aug 26th {Picked} 231 toms today lower in price 30¢ & 40¢ over 110 plums.
Aug 27. {Picked} 177 bskts toms today & 168 plums 40 Red peppers 85¢ and $1.00 13 crates
Cauliflowers sold at 50¢ 30 bartlett Pears 60¢
Aug 28 not so busy only 137 toms & 125 plums 57 cukes
Aug 29th. nothing doing today. only picked 61 bskts tomatoes today. men hoeing strawberries
Aug 30 Went to Toronto Ex. men hoeing strawberries
Aug 31st Sunday Fine home all day.
Sept 1st. not so busy but picked about 300 bskts
Sept 2nd not very many orders only about 100 bskts. picking tomatoes for Canning factory
Sept 3rd Sold Scott 390 plums Grand Dukes, Monarch, & Reine Claudes at 40¢ & shipped 34 bskts
north. only 44 toms north 30¢ 15 Bartlett pears.
Sept 4. Hardly any tomato orders only 25 bskts at 30¢ & 44 plums at 50¢. 22 Bartletts 60¢, 32 x 11
Culls to Toronto sold at 30¢. sorting pears for Cannery A lot of small ones. 140 plums to Uptons
Sept 5. only shipped 10 plums & 15 tomatoes. 17 peppers north. shipped 50 Red peppers to
Toronto. 128 bus {bushels} Tomatoes to Canning Factory 142 plums to Uptons. 43 bus pears to
Canners.
Sept 6 Saturday Picking plums & pears for Canners and 48 Peppers for Scott
Sept 7 Sunday Fine went to Hamilton Saw Wilcox’s.
Sept 8th. sold Scott a load of plums & peppers & shipped 90 bskts mixed stuff north & picked more
pears for canners
Sept 9. Got another load of plums to Canners & 75 bus pears also. only a few orders 29 bskts Scott
got 40 Red peppers 65
Sept 10 Last of Bartletts gone. 137 bushes in all. picked over 100 bskts Cukes at 21 cents. 60 x 6
Red peppers 65 x 11 Red. 27 Greens. 59 plums. 16 Caul.
Sept 11 Fine & warm took 116 bus toms to factory. picked 146 Reine Claudes 13 Red peppers & 12
crates Cauliflowers
Sept 12th Finished Reine Claude plums 1208 bskts. sold Scott 50 toms at 27¢ without covers. & 60
peppers shipped 46 bskts fruit north & Davidson got 101 plums.
Sept 13. Picked 53 cukes at 20¢. 25. toms 30 9 Caul. $1.50 20 Green peppers. 30¢ a shower about
3PM
Sept 14 Sunday Fine & Very warm Had Wilcoxs for dinner
Sept 15th. Warm with a few showers. shipped 41 toms 4 peppers. 2 caul 36 plums north. Scott 15
Red peppers 3 Caul. Davidson 81 Grand Duke plums. & shipped to Toronto 66 x 11 Red Sweet
peppers.
Sept 16. Showery picked about 150 bskts {baskets}. Smith still drunk have not seen him since
Sunday.
Sept 17. Finished Grand Dukes (148) plums & picked 17 prunes 7 cauliflowers $1.00
Sept 18th. Picked Howell pears for Davidson 73 bushels at $1.00 per bush and 55 more Red
peppers for Toronto 35 at 60¢ 20 at 50¢
Sept 19th Picked 134 bskts peppers today. sold greens at 30 Reds 50¢ Very warm
Sept 20 no orders today
Sept 21 Sunday went down to the beach.
Sept 22. Fine & warm no orders north. sold Scott 35 peppers & 5 Caul. shipped 10 Caul 10 Red
Peppers to Toronto.
Sept 23. not many orders sold Scott our peaches 63 bskts at 50¢
Sept 24. Sold Davidson 60 Cukes 20¢ 13 Dills 40 shipping a load of peppers & caul to Toronto.
Sept 25 Showery today picked 25 Peppers & 2 Caul. digging Potatoes very small
Sept 26. A few more Showers picked 200 bskts peppers today sold scott 35 Reds at 40¢ 50 Green
Hot at 25¢ 81 Green Sweets 30 Shipped 34 Reds to Toronto and 7 caul.
Sept 27 Cold. men hoeing strawberries only order 5 crates Cauliflowers
Sept 28. Sunday cool & cloudy had Hicks over in the evening.
Sept 29. Picking peppers & cukes.
Sept 30. Cool. picking peppers hoeing & ploughing
Sept 30th. Oct 1st. Picked peppers sold a few to Scott at 27¢.
Oct 2nd. First white frost of the season no harm done. finished picking plums. 23 prunes.
Oct 3rd to 7th. Fine & cool. light white frosts. still picking tomatoes cukes & peppers.
Oct 7th to 15th. weather very fine & warm. flowers all in bloom yet. Fruit & Vegetables all gone only
peppers & pumpkins no sale for either. had my tonsils burnt out on Sat. Oct 11th. throat very sore
yet.
Oct 18th Change in the weather cold with gales from the West and first snow flurries of the season.
Oct 19th & 20th cold with strong winds snow flurries. regular hurricanes reported Sat & Sun. with
snow some places 2 ft deep.
Oct 20th to 27th weather cool & cloudy some frosts at night. no rain.
Oct 27th to Nov 5th. mostly fair. white frosts at night. some fogs turning colder tonight
Nov 5th to Nov 11th. weather fine & moderately warm. work about all done Smith pruning ploughing
all done. Shipped 18 crates Cauliflowers on Nov 6th. Sold at $2 00 crate also shipped 75 peppers
(not sold yet.) not much sale for them last lot. Sold from 25 to 50¢ bskt. 50¢ was for a few Large Red
Sweets
Nov 12th to 24th. Weather mild. cloudy & very foggy
Nov 25 turning colder work about all done pruning nearly done.
Nov 26 & 27th very cold only 7 above zero this a.m Smiths unloading 2nd car {railway car} manure
for strawberry covering.
Nov 26 to 29th. Cold & frosty
Nov 30 Sunday Had Chapmans out for the day weather rainy.
Dec 1st & 2nd Very cold just 4 from zero at 830 this a.m.
Dec 4th Milder again unloading manure & covering strawberries
Dec 5th. Mild & Foggy. had Havana Cuba on Radio for an hour. real good
Dec 6th mild & rainy. Sat up late Had KFI Los Angeles at 130 am. also Had Denver. Florida. Texas.
Oklahoma & St Petersburg Florida heard Amos & Andy there at 7 oclock had 53 Stations tonight
Dec 13th. weather fine & not very cold. Smith quit work tonight
Dec 15th & 16th Very cold about zero the last two nights.
Dec 20th milder the last few days finished last car of manure today.
Dec 24th. weather has been a little cooler. had a couple of inches of snow today.
Dec 25th. Christmas Day down to Johns for the day. it was a lovely day fair. not too cold and a
couple of inches of snow on the ground. light south winds blowing.
Dec 26 & 27th. milder & cloudy snow all gone again.
Dec 30th. Fair & moderately cold went to Hamilton bot a goose. 32¢ a lb 14¼ lbs. $4.50
Dec 31st. Colder today started snowing about noon.
List of Varieties of plums for 1930
Shiro’s
418 x 11’s
Red Junes
515 x 11’s
Abundance
33 x 11’s
Burbanks
2266 x 11’s
Bradshaws
138 x 11’s
Lombards
45 x 11’s
Green Gages
376 x 11’s
Reine Claudes
1208 x 11’s
Monarchs
120 x 11’s
Damsons
11 x 11’s
Prunes
36 x 11s
Grand Dukes
808 x 11s
Total
5974 x 11 qts
100 x 6’s
25 x 6’s
125 x 6 qts
Prices ranged at 2 cts a lb for Greens & Reds and 1½ cts a lb for Burbanks at Jam Factory. Dealers
prices about the same. after paying for baskets. Prices up north about 10 cts a bskt Higher.
Pears for 1930
Clapps Favorite 122 bskts Sold at about 50¢ & 60¢.
Bartletts 150 bskts at 60¢
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Culls 87 “ at 30¢ in Toronto
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Bushels. 137 to Canners at 3 and 3½ a lb.
Howells 10 x 11 at 50¢
{Howells} 73 bus. at $1.00
Duchess 6x11
{Duchess} 17 bushels
Clairgeau 7 bskts
Kieffers 23 bskts at 30¢
Season. 1929
Total Sales.
2147 95
3781 60
2675 52
1450 71
1339 02
1805 28
$13,200 08
$
Oct 27
Alan Davidson. Bur{lington}
73 00
27
Alan Davidson Bur
35 65
27
Upton Jam Co. Ham{ilton}
686 38
Oct 29
D S Litster Burks Falls
84 00
31
H M Shaw Trout Creek
72 00
31
R L Scott Aldershot
14 75
R. I. Armstrong Burks Falls
2 85
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Hare Bros Bracebridge
139 14
“
G Sinclair Orilles
37 90
“
A E Johnston Sundridge
5 85
Manser Welb Toronto
47 40
11
C P Carpenter Winona
6 55
12
Manser Welb Toronto
24 19
15
J W Troyer Burks Falls
12 00
17
Manser Welb Toronto
39 26
Manser Welb
29 27
Drafts
Nov 5
Dec 3
3
“
Hutchison Bros Bracebridge
35 70
18
Canadian Canners Burl.
278 75
24
C W Sharpe Burks Falls
3 00
29
A P Wonod Tottenham
10 00
Cash Sales
167 64
1805 28
Oct 2.
A Davidson Burl.
255 10
4
Mrs M Gollop Cookstown
2 25
4
Wm Peek Burks Falls
152 32
7
M. Welb Toronto
43 39
Oct.
J D Stewart Thornton
63 75
By Draft x
W V Fry Thornton
17 55
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Simpson Tottenham
2 85
“
“ “
H Rinn Tottenham
43 45
John Saro Barrie
51 16
F D Cancilla Barrie
25.00 +
G. W Nichol Beeton
25. 70
Manser Welb Toronto
48 56
A Davidson Burl.
174 30
15
C P Carpenter Winona
21 50
22
Wilson Hamilton
22 02
22
R. L. Scott.
197 05
22
Manser Welb
12 57
15
S. R. Trading Co
61 00
22
J R Couse Cookstown
45 00
25
P J Marrin Bracebridge
75 50
Oct 14
1339 02
Sept 9
Hanna & Co. Port Carling
22 50
9
D S Litster Burks Falls
111 45
9
Manser Welb Toronto
32 23
11
A Davidson Burl.
191 30
11
F. Monkman Cookstown
28 60
J W Troyer Burks Falls
63 05
10
T. S. Tremouth Powassan
49 50
15
Manser Welb. Toronto
73 23
22
R L Scott Aldershot
333 92
+ 22
C P. Carpenter Winona
8 25
+ 23
Manser Welb Toronto
31 32
A E Johnston Sundridge
78 97
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J D Wisdon Allandale
7 85
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R. T. Armstrong Burks Falls
5 15
25
C P Carpenter Winona
157 25
25
A Davidson Burl.
107 04
27
C W Sharpe Burks Falls
173 90
27
S L Anderson Crossland
10 30
30
M Welb Toronto
64 90
+ 12
Drafts.
1450 71
Aug 20
Rhymal Hamilton
4 32
21
F D Cancilla Barrie
18 75
21
Wm Peek Burks falls
128 40
21
S L Anderson Crossland
33 25
P J Marrin Bracebridge
148 25
x Aug 23.
R. L. Scott Aldershot
656 56
x
A Davidson Burl.
154 09
Manser Welb Toronto
68 07
3
G Williamson Tottenham
4 00
4
G W Nichol Beeton
116 25
S River Trading Co.
93 10
x
22.
25
Sept 2
Paid by Drafts
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W. V. Fry Thornton
31 00
“
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Simpson Tottenham
46 30
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H Rinn Tottenham
94 75
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J R Couse Cookstown
87 70
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“
Hare Bros Bracebridge
211.28
C.P. Carpenter Winona
86 07
6
R L Scott Aldershot
361.95
6
Hutchison Bros Bracebridge
331 43
Sept 5.
2675.52
July 23rd
E. Bullock Burl.
144.95
25
A Davidson Burl.
178 10
25
Upton Jam Co. Ham.
878.83
28
R L Scott Aldershot
659.66
28
L Robinson Elmvale
16 45
28
Manser Welb Toronto
71.28
29
R L. Scott Aldershot
26 22
31
July Cash Sales
141 60
D. S. Litster Burks Falls
93 90
8
C P. Carpenter
98 50
8
C W Sharpe Burks Falls
152.20
Allan Davidson
133.40
C P Carpenter
36 18
M S Gollop Cookstown
12 50
J F Cullingham Cookstown
4 50
Hare Bros Bracebridge
237 49
15
T. S. Tremouth Powassan
67.25
16
A Davidson Burl.
300.90
18
R L Scott Aldershot
591 85
Aug 7
+
12
Drafts 15
“
3781.60
May 12th
Manser Welb Toronto
33 47
20th
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21 81
27
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23 34
June 2
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23 25
9
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23 49
28
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C P Carpenter
47 25
20
Cash Sales
6 50
23
Cash Sales
56 80
Manser Welb Toronto
115 43
June 16
24
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320 55
July 1st
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213 91
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23 03
8
8
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R. L. Scott Aldershot
748 40
12
G. Davidson Burlington
52 00
15
C P Carpenter
84 00
15
Manser Welb Toronto
77 28
16
E. Bullock Burl.
240 65
18
L Robinson Elmvale
18 05
21
Brown & Co Barrie
4 25
Manser Welb Toronto
14 49
2147 95
Standing order for Manure
Berry Covering 5 cars Nov 10th 12th - 14 - 16 - 18
Hotbed 5 cars Feb 1st & 10th Mar 5th Mar 10 & 20th
For more information on Franklin McMillan, check out the “Meet the Diarists” section under
“Discover” on our website: ruraldiaries.uoguelph.ca
