Olive Philp Diary, 1920
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{Front Cover with embossed text Daily Journal 1920}
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Dominion Diary
Daily Journal
for
1920
Published annually by the Copp, Clark company, Limited
495-517 Wellington St. West, Toronto
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January 1920
NEW YEARS DAY, THURSDAY 1
Men choring. Brock and I to concert at night. Very stormy cold day. Storm went down to wards evening. Seth Hilborn and Frieda Gillrie married Eleuin and Lottie Bartwell.
FRIDAY 2
Mne choring. Terrible stormy cold day. Norm and Mrs. Flath over in evening.
SATURDAY 3
Mne choring. Brock to town in afternoon. Stormy and very cold. Storm went down at night.
January 1920
SUNDAY 4
Brock took Mrs. Jack Walker up to Jim Morphip Mrs. Joe Morphy dead in afternoon. To town at night. Beautiful bright calm day very cold.
MONDAY 5
Done chores. Men at bush in afternoon. Fine and bright turning milder.
TUESDAY 6
Done chores and Brock chopping at bush in afternoon. I of to Toy in afternoon. Fine day mild and rather dull.
January 1920
WEDNESDAY 7
Choring and at bush in afternoon. Georgie and Ms. Jewel here for tea. Snowy at times but mild.
THURSDAY 6
Done chores. Brock and I to town in forenoon. I bush in afternoon. Colder and snowy for a time in afternoon but fine night.
FRIDAY 9
Choring and at bush in afternoon. Fine and colder. Dr. Ferries called this a.m. to see mother. Has pains in her ears.
January 1920
SATURDAY 10
Done chores and at bush in afternoon. Brock and I to town at night. Betty Walker came this evening shw down on a buying trip. Fine day.
SUNDAY 11
Betty, Brock and I up to Uncle Richard in afternoon. Rather fine dark got stormy at night and quite windy.
MONDAY 12
Done chores and at bush in afternoon. Brock look Betty to morning train. Fine but rather dull.
January 1920
TUESDAY 13
Done chores and at bush in afternoon. Snowing and blowing all night and alld ay. Very heavy fall of snow, colder at night.
WEDNESDAY 14
Done chores and at bush. Fine and bright. Very frosty roads dull.
THURSDAY 15
Done chores at bush in afternoon. Brock to lawn at night. Bright but very frosty.
January 1920
FRIDAY 16
Done chores. Wind chnaged to earl and storming all day. 15 degrees below this a.m.
SATURDAY 17
Done chores. Go to town in afternoon. Fine bright morning but very thick storm all afternoon and night from the west.
SUNDAY 18
Home all day. Very stormy, but calmed towards evening. Cold.
January 1920
MONDAY 19
Done chores. Brock chopping for Watt in afternoon. He took me to town to dance. Fine but very cold.
TUESDAY 20
Choring and chopping. Brock came for me in forenoon. Blizzard from east all day. Cold.
WEDNESDAY 21
Choring and at bush in afternoon. Beautiful bright day. Cold north wind.
January 1920
THURSDAY 22
Choring and at bush in afternoon. Fine bright day very cold.
FRIDAY 23
Choring and at bush in afternoon. Fine but cold north earl wind. Snowing a little from east in evening.
SATURDAY 24
Choring and at bush in afternoon. Fine and bright but very cold. Brock and I to town at night.
January 1920
SUNDAY 25
Brock to church at night. Bright but sharp. Horhel called in to say Howard Hilborn died two p.m.
MONDAY 26
Done chores and at bush in Brock took mother and I down to Hilborns in afternoon. Fine and much milder.
TUESDAY 27
Done chores and at bush in afternoon. Da down to Hilborns in evening. Fine and mild.
January 1920
WEDNESDAY 28
Done chores and at bush in afternoon . Brock to lawn at night. Fine and bright colder.
THURSDAY 29
Done chores. Da, Brock and I at Howard Hibborns funeral in afternoon. Howard 41 yrs old. Brock and I to play in lawn at night. Fine and bright but cold.
FRIDAY 30
Done chores. Brock to lawn in forenoon at bush in afternoon. Fine but very cold N.E. wind. Da down to Hibborns to see Seth in evening.
January 1920
SATURDAY 31
Done changes and chopping. Brock and I to lawn in afternoon for a quarter of beef. Mr. Amo Powell buried. Very cold earl wind. I below zero all day.
SUNDAY 1
Brock to church at night. Mr Jack Walker here in afternoon. Rather mild and dull.
MONDAY 2
Done chores. Drawing up wood from bush in afternoon. Brock and I up to Haryy in evening. Fine and mild.
February 1920
TUESDAY 3
Done chores. Drawing out manure in afternoon. Billie came this morning. Brock to moorefield carnival in evening. Beautiful bright day.
WEDNESDAY 4
Done chores and drawing out manure in afternoon. Billie and I to lawn in morning. Fine but cold earl wind.
THURSDAY 5
Done chores and drawing out manure. Billie and I of to Gar in afternoon. Fine mild day.
February 1920
FRIDAY 6
Done chores and chopping in morning. Brock and Billie at Audey Alkerson sale in afternoon. Fine bright day but cold north wind. Da cleaning hen pens in afternoon.
SATURDAY 7
Done chores and drawing out manure in afternoon. Billie and I to town in afternoon. Fine day but colder.
SUNDAY 8
Brock to church at night. A light fall of snow but bright at times.
February 1920
MONDAY 9
Done chores and drawing out manure in afternoon. Quite snowy at times. Colder, Brock took Billie to train.
TUESDAY 10
Done chores and drawing out manure. Colder and stormy at times.
WEDNESDAY 11
Done chores and finished drawing out manure in forenoon. Chopping and choring in afternoon. Brock and I over to Mr Gsaae in evening. Mild dull day.
February 1920
THURSDAY 12
Done chores and chopping in morning. Brock to Dane Raberlo bale in afternoon and Da to town. Mild and heavy fallo of soft snow at times.
FRIDAY 13
Done chores. Brock drone to Elora and got 1 ciut sugar and some shortening. Da choring. Mild and a little fall of snow at times.
SATURDAY 14
Done chores. Da, Brock and I at Pearl Riddolo funeral in afternoon. Mrs. J.J. Davis died this afternoon from flu. Mild and raw earl wind. Percy Waind buried in Elora this p.m.
February 1920
SUNDAY 15
Home all day. Stormy and cold. Abbey Philp died of flu pneumonia.
MONDAY 16
Done chores. Brock went to Roberlo for linoleum in forenoon. Chopping in afternoon. Luile stormy and cold.
TUESDAY 17
Done chores and working round barn in afternoon. A little stormy at times but cold.
February 1920
ASH WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY 18
Done chores. Da at Abbey funeral in afternoon. Brock choring. Beautiful bright day but very sharp.
THURSDAY 19
Done chores and at bush in afternoon. Fine day but cold. Mr. Joe Robinson G.T.R. agent died this morning.
FRIDAY 19
Done chores and at bush in afternoon. Brock to town at night. Fine and bright but cold.
February 1920
SATURDAY 21
Men choring forenoon. Cutting load afternoon. Beautiful fine day. Brock look ohior to {illegible} evening to go to Elora, Yaronth, and Geulph. Brock got an express anelle from Kingston.
SUNDAY 22
Men choring. All home in the off. Beautiful da, Brock went to Dawn at night.
MONDAY 23
Robt and Brock choring forenoon storming. But stunned after soft snow falling. Men in the bush all afternoon.
February 1920
TUESDAY 24
Robt and Brock choring. Forenoon. Beautiful bright day. Brock went to A. M. Calgan Dale and I went Hovan Jaron with him. After I got shoping done, spent of to Mrs. Kidneys Robt charming her Jino and choring round.
WEDNESDAY 25
Robt and Brock choring forenoon Brock choping some. Bright but very cold, men in. Ye cold to go to the bush, Robt sifting ashes, and Brock choring round Turned out very stormy I {illegible} on Clara and talk it up to the box.
THURSDAY 26
Robt and Brock choring round all day. Very cold and stormy all day and night.
February 1920
FRIDAY 27
Robt and Brock choring forenoon. Brock chopping. Brock went to town afternoon and got a saw to cut the old grate out of the sloae storming and cola morning but a little milder at night.
SATURDAY 28
Put in a new grate in the stove. Robt and Brock choring. Then about 11 o'clock Brock went downtown for corn and horses started for croad on the stay home. Met Jack Walker, he turned back and brought corn home. Brock brought the sleigh with Doll and Liam followed. Soft snow falling most of the day.
SUNDAY 29
Robt and Brock done chores beautiful bright day. {Illegible} and Clara and Olive Brock went to church evening.
March 1920
MONDAY 1
Robt and Brock choring forenoon, beautiful day I washed. Mern went to the bush, Mr. C.H. Haupoan sold out to a Mr. Sounderson and Ferguo. Gone possession to day.
TUESDAY 2
Men choring forenoon. Brock chopping some Elorn here with coro, noon. Men in the bush afternoon. Jack here with coru, night very fine day.
WEDNESDAY 3
Men choring forenoon, Brock down to Jacks for corn. Men in bush afternoon. Hoar frost on trees all day, not very bright to day. Now East wind. Brock went to Soron at night.
March 1920
THURSDAY 4
Robt and Brock doing chores and getting ready to kill hens, killing beef. Beautiful soft mild day, little rain at night hoo fallow went up the road with {illegible} plough.
FRIDAY 5
Robt and Brock choring and cutting down the beef. Terrible stormy. Robt cutting up beef and Brock carrying at of and putting it on the back seranda to freeze. Still stormy.
SATURDAY 6
Robt and Brock choring, Brock went down soron for flour fare. Robt shoveling the steps and walk. Jacking away the beef and sifting ashes. Brock chopping. Beautiful bright forenoon but turned stormy afternoon.
March 1920
SUNDAY 7
Brock to lawn at night. Mother and father 38 yrs married. Bright but very cold wind.
MONDAY 8
Done chores. Brock met me at morning train. Choring and liking saw in afternoon. Cold and quite stormy. Eleven here for a quarter of beef.
TUESDAY 9
Done chores. Brock chopping and Da siftign ashes. Ah bush in afternoon. Mild and bright at times. Heard craw for the firsh.
March 1920
WEDNESDAY 10
Done chores. Eli Mitchell look Grainger and a calf to moorefield. Brock went along. Got home about three o'clock. Then Da and he went over to ske M jsaoc to see a bull and round by Drayton. Very mild and foggy towards night.
THURSDAY 11
Done chores and cleaning peu Da sheared raw in afternoon and Brock at Jim Tweker sale. Very foggy mild day. Raining a little in evening.
FRIDAY 12
Done chores and choring round barn. Helding get Mr. M Donald house out of the water in M. Euing field at night. Very mild and foggy at times. Turning colder, roads bad.
March 1920
SATURDAY 13
Done chores and sifting ashes. Brock and I to lawn in afternoon. Roads bad. Cold north wind and a little blustry.
SUNDAY 14
Cold wind but very bright. Brock to church at night.
MONDAY 15
Done chores. Ploughing road in afternoon with Dall. Jack helping. Fine mild day. Strong wind, cloudy at night. Snow going very quickly. Heavy rain in evening and through the night.
March 1920
TUESDAY 16
Done chores and fixing a waggon bat in forenoon. Morning snow round house and barn in afternoon. Fine mild day. Strong south wind.
WEDNESDAY 17
Done chores and drawing out manure. Colder with flurries of snow and blustry at times. Frozen quite hard.
THURSDAY 18
Done chores and drawing out manure. I wacked to town in afternoon and had tea at Hilborns. Beautiful warm calm day.
March 1920
FRIDAY 19
Done chores and finished drawing out manure. Colder and very stormy at times.
SATURDAY 20
Done chores and cleaned pens. Brock chopping. Da choring in afternoon and Brock went for a load of coal. We to town at night.
SUNDAY 31
Brock to town at night. Fine bright day. Clara 35 yrs old.
March 1920
MONDAY 22
Done chores and drew in jog of earn. Cutting up top in afternoon and starting to splil wood in bush. I up to Walker and Harry. Beautiful bright warm day.
TUESDAY 23
Done chores. Da cut up quarter of beef splitting wood in bush in afternoon. Beautiful warm fine day. Snow nearly allg one. Mr and Mrs. Ches, Walker, Mr. Walker. Hod and Sadie here in afternoon. Asseson called.
WEDNESDAY 24
Done chores and cleaning out drains that seuply into ditch. Splitting wood in afternoon. Warm and bright. Wonderful weather.
March 1920
THURSDAY 25
Men doing chores and Brock took Olive to ten train. She going up to Clara at forenoon. Robt and Brock went up to Dick Northering sale afternoon. Very fine day.
FRIDAY 26
Mum choring and Brock chopping forenoon. Robt at the bush splitting wood afternoon. Clark looking and a little snow. Brock vaint down town for bbl of salt and took can of cream.
SATURDAY 27
Mum choring and Brock chopping some forenoon. Both at bush splitting and jailing wood. Brock from town at night rather fine day.
March 1920
SUNDAY 28
Mum done chores and Robt went back over the other place. Very fine day. Brock went to church at night. Quite a heavy rain in the night.
MONDAY 29
Mum choring and Brock chopping some me kut some of the beef in pickle. Bright earley in the morning but got very windy and rained some. men arent to the bush to split and pike wood.
TUESDAY 30
Mum choring and Brock chopping and Robt went to bush to work for a couple of hrs forenoon. Very bright with a few flurries of snow. Both at the bush afternoon.
March 1920
WEDNESDAY 31
Men choring forenoon, and at the bush afternoon. Very fine day. Little rain slow fine. Elain and Lottie called in to pay for the beef. Brock went to Soron at night.
April 1920
THURSDAY 1
Men choring and drew few loads of wood from teh bush forenoon. Building fence back of Poplar afternoon. Fine day. A little rain about four o' clock.
GOOD FRIDAY FRIDAY 2
Done chores and building fence in afternoon. Dull and came on heavy rain in afternoon and very high wind.
April 1920
SATURDAY 3
Done chores and chopping and sifting ashes. Fixing windmill rod in afternoon. Brock met me at six train. I come home from Chatoworth. Flurry of snow but bright and cold north wind. Brock to lawn at night.
EASTER SUNDAY, SUNDAY 4
Brock to church at night. Quite a snowy day cold earl wind.
EASTER MONDAY, MONDAY 5
Done chores and drawing out manure. A very stormy day. Cold west wind.
April 1920
TUESDAY 6
Done chores and cleaning pens. Drew out the manure that was over drains. Brock chopping and Da sifting ashes. Bright at times and flurries of snow.
WEDNESDAY 7
Done chores and cleaning out pen in shed. Drew it into coren field on stone boat. brought up two loads of wood from back bush in afteroon. Put one in woodhauge. Harry Booth here. Very stormy day at times. A lot of snow fell.
Drayton horse show. THURSDAY 8
Done chores and drew up 5 loads of wood from back bush. Brock and I to dance in lawn at night. Southampton Orcherlia. Quite bright at times and also very stormy.
April 1920
FRIDAY 9
Da done chores in morning and Brock took 4 pigs to moorefield. Then drew up the rest of wood from back bush in afternoon 2 loads. Bright but cold wind and flurries of snow. Tom Bertram sold his farm $14 00 and bought Mr. Millo 6500.
SATURDAY 10
Done chores and Brock chopping. Went to lawn in afternoon with team and got some oat and corn from the farmers club. Her and I to lawn at night. Snowing at times and dull.
SUNDAY 11
Home all day. Very soft snow mild.
April 1920
MONDAY 12
Da done chores and Brock down for a load of corn in morning. Then took Wiley down in afternoon to get her shod. Da choring and threw ratten turnip out of root house. Mosty soft snow falling all day. Dull. Colder to ward evening.
TUESDAY 13
Done chores and chopping in forenoon. Brock at Sam Bensons pale in afternoon. Da at bush getting a reach for waggon. Dull and cold wind.
WEDNESDAY 14
Done chores and drawing out manure and cleaning pens. Brock helping put down linoleum in afternoon. Dull and cool. Soft snow at night. Mr. Henry Hilborn quite sick.
April 1920
THURSDAY 15
Done chores. Da to Hamiltons in forenoon with pig. Wamking at feuise back up barn in afternoon. Fine and bright.
FRIDAY 16
Done chores and threw out feuce back I poplor and started to rebuid. I up to Roy in evening. Beautiful day.
SATURDAY 17
Done chores and working at fiure in forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Hampton and Mr. Cody brought up 10 coal. Flawn in to car. Got here at noon and left about four. Brock chopping and we to town at night. Beautiful bright day.
April 1920
SUNDAY 18
Brock to church at night. Fine bright day.
MONDAY 19
Done chores and working at fence back of poplar. Da to Hamillons in evening to see a horse. Beautiful warm bright day. Brock to lawn in morning for a load of oat from farmers club.
TUESDAY 20
Done chores and finished feuce about four o'clock . Then choring and chopping. Strong earl wind and looking like rain, rather dull.
April 1920
WEDNESDAY 21
Done chores, cleaning pens and moved miller off straw in forenoon. Fixing fence along side road in afternoon. Brock to lawn at night for wine. Heavy rain all forenoon. Cleared in afternoon and rather bright and windy.
THURSDAY 22
Done chores and working at fence along the sideroad. Finished it in afternoon. Harry Booth here for dinner. Rather dull and shawery at times. Heavy rain at night with thunder and lightening.
FRIDAY 23
Done chores. Brock chopping in morning and Da to bush looking for turkey nest. Brock fixing horse stall in afternoon and Da to town and bought horse from J.N. Dale $130. and brought her home. Both down at Jack at night. He had a sick horse. Brockstayed until 4 a.m. Raining in forenoon and heavy rain in afternoon.
April 1920
SATURDAY 24
Done chores. Fixing fencein afternoon. Me and I to town in afternoon. Brock down at night. Fine and bright but cold north wind.
SUNDAY 25
Brock to town at night. Fine bright day.
MONDAY 26
Done chores. Then fixing fence in other place round little orchardand threw out some to rebuild. Dull at times and raw cold east wind.
April 1920
TUESDAY 27
Done chores and fencing on other place until noon. Brock chopping in afternoon and Da choring then fencing for an hour or two. Mirly and shawery in forenoon. Heavy shower after dinner with a little thunder then cleared and was warm.
WEDNESDAY 28
Done chores and fencing on other place. A very dirly day, rain turning colder with snow aguallo. Very wetting. Strong west wind.
THURSDAY 29
Done chores and chopping in forenoon. Then fencing on other place in afternoon. A very cold stormy morning cleared after dinner and was bright but very windy.
April 1920
FRIDAY 30
Done chores and fencing on other place. Fine but cool.
May 1920
SATURDAY 1
Done chores and fencing on other place. Brock chopping some in evg. Lue to town at night. Fine and bright but cold. Heavy frost at night.
SUNDAY 2
Brock at manure Henry for tea. Fine and bright but cool.
May 1920
MONDAY 3
Done chores and fencing on other place. Harry Booth hew and bought fal cattle 12 3/4. Beautiful morning but rather cloudy and cool all day. A sprinkle of rain about 5p.m.
TUESDAY 4
Done chores and fencing on other place. Finished about 5 p.m. and then put up wire fence in cow lane. Fine and warmer.
WEDNESDAY 5
Done chores and look 10 head fal cattle to moorefield. I took horse and went for the men. Took off storm windows in afternoon. Brock chopping and Da picking up fence bottom back of poplar. Brock to lawn at night. Beautiful calm warm day. Put sheep and lamb out in orchard.
May 1920
THURSDAY 6
Done chores. Da ploughing back of paplar next mideroad and Brock cultivating in some field. Fine and warm.
FRIDAY 7
Done chores. Brock cultivating and Da ploughing. Then Da sowing wheat in afternoon behind poplar. Beautiful day.
SATURDAY 8
Done chores. Sowing, cultivating and harrowing behind poplar. Da cultivating a little up by ditch. Dull in forenoon but brighleud and was fine and cooler.
May 1920
SUNDAY 9
Clara, Melville and Joyce came about 5:30 p.m. Luile bright but cold wind.
MONDAY 10
Done chores and both cultivating in mnaure back by ditch in forenoon. Da dixced in furrow and both cultivating in corner field in afternoon. Clara and Melville left for home about two thirty. Quite dull and cold all day, a heavy sprinkle about noton.
TUESDAY 11
Done chores, harrowing and sawing back by ditch. Finished about five o'clock. Then discing farrow in corner field and Brock harrowing a little. Dull in morning but bright afternoon Ma and I to lawn in p.m.
May 1920
WEDNESDAY 12
Done chores, Brock harrowing in corner field and Da sawing. Drew out a couple of loads of manure in afternoon and Cultivated it in. Fine and bright but cool. Cream man here.
THURSDAY 13
Da done chores and Brock harrowed corner field. Da discing furrow in field here, bush and Jack o line feuce and sowed it in afternoon. Brock cultivating and harrowing in same field. Quite dull and cold all day.
FRIDAY 14
Done chores. Cultivating harrowing and sowing in back 14 ac on other place. Brighter but very cold north wind all day. Very heavy front at night.
May 1920
SATURDAY 15
Done chores and finished sowing the 14ac field in forenoon. Brock cultivating in forenoon and harrowed the 14 ac. in afternoon. Da picking up a fence bottom on other place in afternoon. Brock and I to town at night. Bright during but real cold night.
SUNDAY 16
Lizzie Hillborn here in forenoon. Brock to town at night. Fine bright day and much warmer.
MONDAY 17
Done chores. Working on 7 ac in field this side of windmill. Diced, cultivated, sowed and lookign like rain but guite a breeze.
May 1920
TUESDAY 18
Done chores. Da discing in furrow and sowing 4 ac behind low driving house. Brock cultivating and harrowing it, then started in middle of afternoon to plough 6 ac on other place 1st field from windmill Ike Mr Jsace here in evening. I over to Hoshel in evening, dull, mildy and foggy. Looking like rain.
WEDNESDAY 19
Donec hores and ploughing on other place. Brock to Wilmett in evening for eggs to eat. Cloudy and looking like rain, a little shower in night.
THURSDAY 20
Done chores and finished ploughing on other place. Brock over to see Tom Bertram about fertilizer nd round by warm. Heavy thunder storm went round about six o'clock. Only a shower here.
May 1920
FRIDAY 21
Done chores. Brock over to Bertrams for 1/2 low of feritilizer and his drill. Da cultivatingspalo of twitch grass in what they ploughed and Brock harrowing in forenoon. Brock sowing and Da rolling in afternoon and also rolled some of the other half of field. Fine bright day and warm.
SATURDAY 22
Done chores. Brock took home Tom Bertrams drill and harrowed what he sowed yesterday. Cleaned pens in afternoon and ploughed and cultivated garden. Da rolling on other place. Lillian came on morning train. Lue to town at night. Fine day. Put young cattle in bush in p.m.
SUNDAY 23
Brock to lawn at night and Da at Harry. Looking like rain all day. Shower about six. Corn to gras for the first time.
May 1920
MONDAY 24
Done chores. Da working on mangal ground in corner next bush. Brock cultivating turnip ground in morning. Brock, mother, Lilian, and I down to skort in afternoon. Lillian went home. Brock and I to concert. Very dull damp day.
TUESDAY 25
Done chores. Da working on mangal ground all day. Brock cultivating and harrowing turnip ground. Then working up garden patch and riged it up. Put fence around after supper. Dull in forenoon but was a warm bright afternoon.
WEDNESDAY 26
Working on mangel and turnip ground in morning. Drew out manure for potatoes in afternoon and planting some. Brock to town at night, lue putting in garden. Fine and very warm.
May 1920
THURSDAY 27
Da ridging up for mangel in forenoon. Brock went to Rothsay for the seed and sowed them in forenoon. Cutting and planting potatoes in afternoon. Da took chip out of woodhouse. Fine and warm.
FRIDAY 28
Brock ralling the turnip ground in morning and ralling corner field in afternoon. Da ploughing corn ground. Beautiful day, a little cooler.
SATURDAY 29
Brock finished rolling corner field and went to Eleuins for barn for drill to sow the corn. Then working on corn ground, and Da finished ploughing it. Then rolling and sowing corn in afternoon. Da rolled wheat and cut lawn. We to town at night. Fine and warm.
May 1920
SUNDAY 30
Brock to town at night. Fine and warm.
MONDAY 31
Ploughing summer fallow in field below maple tree on other place. Fine and very hot.
June 1920
TUESDAY 1
Finished ploughing the summer fallow by noon. Brock cultivating it in afternoon and Da rolling back 14 ac. A little cloudy at times and looking like rain but warm.
June 1920
WEDNESDAY 2
Da finished rolling back 14ac and started to clean hen house. Brock cultivating and harrowing summer fallow in forenoon. Both working at hen pens in afternoon. Lue to town at night. Rev and Mrs. Edmison called. He 81 yrs old. Bright but looking like rain at times.
THURSDAY 3
Fixing fence and putting barb wire on other place in forenoon, and started to fix law windmill. Working at it the rest of day. Piece of pipe in well. Brock to Hamillons at night for eggs but they were away. Much cooler bright and breezy.
FRIDAY 4
Drawing out manure for turnip. Brock to town at night. Fine and warmer.
June 1920
SATURDAY 5
Drawing out manure for tuenip and cleaning pens. Leu to town at night. Rather dull in forenoon and showery in afternoon and evening.
SUNDAY 6
Mr and Mrs. Thompson, Ralph and Ansen here for dinner. Brock to town at night. Fine bright day.
MONDAY 7
Brock cultivating and harrowing summer fallow on other place. Da ploughing in manure on turnip ground. Rolled turnip ground after tea. Fine and warm looking like rain to ward evening, a little shower in night with thunder and lightening.
June 1920
THURSDAY 8
Robt working on root ground all day, Brock gathering up fence bottoms fore and afternoon. Leu here for truck got five dollars worth. Olive was up to Roy afternoon to a meeting of the Woman {illegible} Moorefield Institute srislting. Fine and dry.
WEDNESDAY 9
Robt working on the reat ground all forenoon. Brock finished setting past, and went down to the river and fixed up a pen to wash sheep, forenoon. Both washing sheep afternoon. Water was a little cool. A student here for tea selling War Vreeas. Dry and warm. Brock and Olive to town at night.
THURSDAY 10
Robt cultivating, harrowing, and rolling the turnip ground all day. Brock gone to Guelph with Harry. Hade and Ross, they left at a quarter past eight a.m. Terrible hot day. 90 in the shadu at noon.
June 1920
FRIDAY 11
Brock to moorefield with load of hogo in forenoon and cultivating summer fallow in afternoon. Da choring round and buning root on summer fallow in afternoon. Lue up to Eleuins in evening. Fine and hot and very dry.
SATURDAY 12
Brock took down tires to be set in forenoon and making a gate. Drew a load of plank from station for Emerson lu alker o newbarn in afternoon. Da cutting lawn and choring and re planting rasberry bush in afternoon. Leu to town at night. Hot day and thundering at times all day. Very heavy storms went round at night but pcarcely and rain here.
SUNDAY 13
Brock to town at night. Fine day and a little breeze.
June 1920
MONDAY 14
Da and Brock with lean working on road down by Hilborns. Very hot day.
TUESDAY 15
Brock doing road work and Da sheared 13 sheep. Cloudy and sultry a little sprinkle in afternoon. Come on rain about 10 p.m. and raining mostly all night.
WEDNESDAY 16
Spraying hen house, making gate and hanging it back of barn and choring. Brock drew 2 loads of gravel then went to town and got Lion and Doll shod. Da started to set up turnip ridge but heavy shower in afternoon and raining all forenoon.
June 1920
THURSDAY 17
Brock finished doing road work in forenoon. Da setting up turnip ridge. Brock sowing turnip in afternoon and Da scuffing corn. Cloudy and started to rain about sic o' clock. Raining very hard most of night.
FRIDAY 18
Choring and fixing low windmill in forenoon. Da ploughing in little patch on other place by the road in afternoon. Brock went to Mr. Track at Alma for oat in afternoon. Showering in forenoon but brightened. A little sprinkle again about five o'clock.
SATURDAY 19
Da finished ploughing little patch on other place and finished scuffing corn in forenoon. Brock cultivating back 14 ac field next windmill. Then re sowed and harrowed it in afternoon. Grain was eaten off by cut worm. We to town at night. Fine and quite warm.
June 1920
SUNDAY 20
Brock to town at night. Dull and cool. Raining a little most of night.
MONDAY 21
Put ashes on lane in forenoon. Brock down to Jack in afternoon for a few cabbage plouh and set them out and choring. Heavy mist and raining at times all day. Mussel Walker has his arm broken in two places.
TUESDAY 22
Brock chopping and cleaning out on half of pig pen and getting ready to put in cement trougho. Brock got two laods of gravel in afternoon. Da down to Jacks in evening to see murel. Misty forenoon but cleared up in afternoon. Fine night.
June 1920
WEDNESDAY 23
Brock took mother to morning train. She gone to Chateuworth and brought home some cement. Da having in garden in forenoon. Putting in cement trough in afternoon. We to lawn at night. Fine and warm cool in evening.
THURSDAY 24
Cementing in pig pen. Brock and I to Presbyterian garden party at lu. Cowans. Fine and warm.
FRIDAY 25
Brock cultivating summer fallow in forenoon and Da cultivating in little patch on other place. Working at trough and partition in afternoon. Brock cut lawn. Fine and warm.
June 1920
SATURDAY 26
Da scuffing potatoes and corn. Brock digging down at low well for cement trough and drew dawn some stone in afternoon. We to town at night. Fine and warm.
SUNDAY 27
Brock to town at night. Warm and sultry. Looking like rain.
MONDAY 28
Da having potatoes in garden, and digging up some weed in forenoon. Brock drawing and manure onto ground below potatoes in corner of bush in afternoon. Fine and sultry and warm.
June 1920
TUESDAY 29
Da ploughing in manure below potatoes for grey stone turnip and sowed then in afternoon. Brock getting the foundalion and shell ready for cement trough at lacy well. He to town at night for cement. Quite a shower at noon and another about five o' clock.
WEDNESDAY 30
Putting in cement trough at low well. Then Brock cleaning pens and chopping and Da digging up weeds. Brock to gather garden party at night. Beautiful day.
July 1920
THURSDAY 1
Brock and Elora and Alma garden party at night. Da hold the field potatoes. Fine day. Thunder storm towards morning.
July 1920
FRIDAY 2
Brock took veal calf and three pigs to moorefield in morning. Da having cabbage and cutting weeds. Put cement bottom in trough at low well in afternoon. Georgie here also Hod. I over there in evening. Very heavy electriv storm and rain about 10 p.m. Suelry day.
SATURDAY 3
Choring and working down at trough at low well in forenoon. Da cutting weeds in afteroon and Brock to Bertrams for same oat then chopping. We to town at night. Bright and breezy, cooler.
SUNDAY 4
Brock to church at night. Harry and Della here in evening. Fine but very windy.
July 1920
MONDAY 5
Ploughing summer fallow. Fine and quite breezy.
TUESDAY 6
Finished ploughing summer fallow at noon. Da ploughing in little patch on other place. Brock cut lawn after he finished on summer fallow. Fine but got dull to wards evening and raining a little. Brock to Gilmet for 4 bafe berries.
WEDNESDAY 7
Da cutting weeds in orchard and choring in forenoon. Brock helped clean pipe and chimmnery. Making door for partition in pig pen and banking round trough and brought up the boards from low well. Misting and raining all day. Heavy fog at night and colder. Put young cattle on other place. Aleda Farrow and Stanley By hrarried.
July 1920
THURSDAY 8
Da finished ploughing little patch on other place in forenoon. Brock chopping and taking down clapch. Went to hoe turnip in afternoon but came on rain about two o'clock and raining until 5 p.m. Choring and getting other half of pig pen ready to cement. Fine night. Warm sultry morning.
FRIDAY 9
Having turnip all day. Brock to town at night. Cloudy and showers going round. Finer to wards evening.
SATURDAY 10
Scuffing and hoeing turnip. Brock over to Gilment for some berries in evening and we to lawn. Fine day and warm.
July 1920
SUNDAY 11
Clara and Melville brought Mathew home to day. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson here for dinner and tea. Warm and cloudy. Raining most of night.
MONDAY 12
Choring in forenoon, scuffing and horing turnips in afternoon. Raining and misting in forenoon. Warm and bright in afternoon. Mr. Henderson called. Melville, Clara and I up to Roy and Harry in evening.
TUESDAY 13
Finished hoeing turnip and got 12 raw of mangelo haed. Clara and Melville went home this morning. Mother and I to town in afternoon. An mrs. Samis funeral and got Wiley shod. Warm and sullry. Rain going around.
July 1920
WEDNESDAY 14
Scuffing and hoeing mangelo. Brock to town at night. Misting and dull forenoon but brightened up in afternoon.
THURSDAY 15
Finished hoeing mangelo in forenoon. Brock cultivating summer fallow and Da working little patch on other place. B I to Mosser in evening. Fine and warmer.
FRIDAY 16
Da scuffing all day. Brock working summer fallow. Getting ready to sow ripe. Cloudy and cool. Dr. M Gregor here in evening. I to town in morning for our cherries.
July 1920
SATURDAY 17
Working rape ground in mornign and sowing ich. Brock to town for more seed. Da sowing little patch at road to rape in afternoon. Brock cut a piece of hay in field below little orchard in afternoon. Lue to town at night. Brock 27 yrs old. Da gone him a gold watch. Warm and looking like rain. Got quite dull about six o' clock.
SUNDAY 18
Brock to town at night. Very heavy rain in forenoon and again in the night. Cloudy all day and sultry.
MONDAY 19
Very dull in morning but turned out fine. Robt and Brock putting regulation on the Lord windmill forenoon. Olive and I washed bug washing for the afternoon. Brock put the back and fork on thebarn in soorking orden. I went to the bush to pick berries. Brock went with one to show one where to pick and Robt come back later. Robt sweeping and dusting up stairs and door. Plus went down to garden for Betty in the evening.
July 1920
TUESDAY 20
Robt horing, and scuffing and Paris grumming potatoes forenoon, and jort of afternoon. Them scuffing corn. Brock cutting down hay for, raking in the afternoon and finished cutting. Cool breezy day. We jroned forenoon. Olive and Betty went up to Roy off.
WEDNESDAY 21
Robt and Brock getting ready to drow hay from other place drawing all day. Fine day. Leu she off Georgie came down with the car and took Betty over to W. Mitchell and I went along for the ride. Brock, Olive and Betty went to town at night.
THURSDAY 22
Robt mooning till eleven on the other place and Brock raking. Then both drawing in afternoon. Olive went to the bush to pick berries for and a little better full. Betty and Olive down to Mossers for berries very fine day.
July 1920
FRIDAY 23
Very dull in morning. Brock went to Dan maynes for oat and Da cutting on other place. Came on rain about 10:30. Da scuffing corn in afternoon. Brock brought up rake from low barns and choring. Betty and I to town for nail in p.m., and I took her up to Harry. Very heavy rain round six o' clock.
SATURDAY 24
Choring and put young cattle, in back bush in forenoon. Picking berries in afternoon. Showers in forenoon but fine afternoon. Della brought Betty down after dinner. Brock and I to town at night, much cooler.
SUNDAY 25
Roy, Harry, Eleuins and Brock. Gerald, Betty and I motored to Chatsurworth. Cloudy at times and cool.
July 1920
MONDAY 26
Working at hay on other place. Drawing in after dinner. Fine day.
TUESDAY 27
Da cutting and Brock racking hay on other place. Started to draw in about eleven. Brock to town at night, I up to Eluins in evening and Ma down to see old Mrs. Walker at Jack. Fine and warm.
WEDNESDAY 28
Brock to lawn in morning for pig feed. Da cutting and raking hay on other place. Started to draw in about eleven. I took Betty to town in evening. Fine but looking a little like rain. 56
July 1920
THURSDAY 29
Finished the haying on other place at noon. Choring and setting up engine and chopper in p.m. Brock to town at night. Finished Fine morning but quite a heavy rain in afternoon.
FRIDAY 30
Da cutting strip of hay in corner field in forenoon, Brock chopping and raking second time on other place. Da scuffing mangelo and corn in afternoon and Brock finished raking. Drew in two loads of raking after supper. Mother and Betty at lunch Richd for dinner tea. Fine day, warm, a little shower in evening.
SATURDAY 31
Da cutting back by fine fence. Brock choring and raking hay in corner field. Drew it in after dinner. 5 loads. We to town at night. Dull and windy in morning but turned out a bright breezy afternoon.
August 1920
SUNDAY 1
Roy, Betty and I over to mable for the day. Brock to church at night. Rather dull and cold.
MONDAY 2
Levelling hay and making a road back to hay field at Roy line fence in forenoon. Raking hay in afternoon and drew ina few loads. Betty went back to Toronto and I went to Elora on six train. Dull and cloudy. A very poem hay day.
TUESDAY 3
Working at hay next Roy line fence and finished it. Brock to garden party at Phames in evening. Fine and warm.
August 1920
WEDNESDAY 4
Da choring and cleaning up barn floor, in forenoon. brock helping Jack Walker at hay. All at bush in afternoon. Fine and warm.
THURSDAY 5
Hoeing mangelo all day. I came home from Elora this a.m. Mrs. Halwig and Loyd here in evening. Hat day.
FRIDAY 6
Hoeing turnip and scuffing. Mr. Wesley Laiue called in afternoon. Brock to town for maid in evg. Very warm day.
August 1920
SATURDAY 7
Hoeing turnip all day. Took over rubbish fine evening to put in Watt dump. Brock and I to town at night. Very warm, a slight shower in afternoon.
SUNDAY 8
Mother and Brock to cemetry in afternoon. Brock to church at night. Fine and hot.
MONDAY 9
Hoeing turnip in afternoon. Choring in forenoon. Mr. Henderson here in evening. Dull and misty, brightened in afternoon.
August 1920
TUESDAY 10
Finished turnip and started to hoe corn. Da to lawn in forenoon to get scuffer feet lifed. Fine and warm.
WEDNESDAY 11
Scuffing and hoeing corn. I met Lillian on evening train. brock and I to town at night. Calm and very hot.
THURSDAY 12
Hoeing corn. Finished about three then scuffed grey stone turnip and started to hoe then. Brock at ball game. Drayton v.s. Drew in afternoon. Very calm and hot.
August 1920
FRIDAY 13
Finished hoeing grey stone turnip by noon. Brock to lawn for cement and wine in morning. Da cutting weed on road in afternoon and Brock got a load of gravel. Brock over to Hoshel in evening. Sultry and a little sprinkle in afternoon. Storms going around. Calm.
SATURDAY 14
Da cutting weeds along fence next bush and along the open ditch. Brock, Hoshel and Tony putting on roofing on one half of law driving house. I to town in afternoon for a rall of roofing. A slight breeze at times. Hot and storms going round a little mizzle about eight o'clock.
SUNDAY 15
Brock to church at night. Fine and warm.
August 1920
MONDAY 16
Men cutting weeds in forenoon. Gathering up shingles and burning them at low driving house and hoeing in garden. Lillian and I to town in afternoon. A little cloudy at times and warm.
TUESDAY 17
Patching roof at low driving house and dipped lamb and separated them from sheep. I down to Mr. Euing in evening. Fine and hot.
WEDNESDAY 18
Started hornest. Grinding binder knife and got binder up from low driving house and started to cut oats back of barn. Da to town at night. Fine and warm.
August 1920
THURSDAY 19
Finished cutting back of barn and started on piece next ditch. Cutting all day. Da thacking up. I took Lillian to morning train. Fine and warm quite breezy.
FRIDAY 20
Finished cutting piece next ditch by noon. Both shocking up in afternoon. I to lawn for Miss Dungan in morning. Mr. Henderson and Janet here for tea over to Powell and Buckhan with them after supper. Fine and warm.
SATURDAY 21
Cutting 7 ac. I barley this sid of windmill on other place. Just finished at four when heavy rain came. Raining all evening. Miss Duncan and I to cemetry in afternoon to town at night.
August 1920
SUNDAY 22
Miss Duncan malowed to Beamoville with hendersons. Brock to church at night. Quite a dull cold morning. Brighter in afternoon.
MONDAY 23
Brock to town in morning for twine and feed. Then cutting in corner field. Da finished shocking barley on other place and shocking in corner field. Fine and bright.
TUESDAY 24
Finished cutting corner field about eleven and started in field next Jack line feucy. Finished it in afternoon. Da shocking. Janet, Brett and Miss Donkin called. Fine day.
August 1920
WEDNESDAY 25
Cutting behind low driving house in forenoon. After dinner cutting in field this side of windmill. Da shocking. Lue to town at night. Fine and warm.
THURSDAY 26
Finished cutting in field this side of windmill in forenoon and cut one swath round back 14 ac. next Mr. Euings. Cutting there all afternoon. Da shocking. Fine but looking like rain rather sultry.
FRIDAY 27
Cutting in 14ac next Mr Euings until 3 p.m. when they finished. Came up and started into wheat next sideroad. Da shocking. Fine and warm.
August 1920
SATURDAY 28
Finished cutting wheat about 10:30. Da shocking it and Brock getting barn ready to draw in. Drew I load of barley from other place in afternoon. Dull morning and heavy mist. Quite a sprinkle at noon. Then came out fine. We to lawn at night.
SUNDAY 29
Brock to church at night. Rather dull and looking like rain a little miggle in night.
MONDAY 30
Drew eight loads of barley from other place and 1 load of oat after supper from back of barn next bush. Beautiful bright breezy day.
August 1920
TUESDAY 31
Put off a load of oats and lifted back windmill, put in a new rod and started it to pump. Drew in 5 loads of oat in afternoon. Mr. Shaferof Arthur and Jim Johnolon here with an Edison phonograph. $275 quite a little shower in early morning and misty but cleared up in afternoon but still dull. Mr. Lu Raecker died this morning.
September 1920
WEDNESDAY 1
Drew in 8 loads of oat from behind barn. A girl boat agent here for dinner. Beautiful day cool breeze.
THURSDAY 2
Drew in 8 loads of oats from back by ditch. Mother and I down to Lu Raecker in afternoon. Beautiful day. Quite a frost last evening.
September Friday, 3
Finished drawing back by ditch and started in cornew field.
Drew 10 loads dyes stacking il-iw
freank if driving hauee
mother & J to if hackere funeral.
Time and evarn
Saturday, 4
drawing all day put if carnew field ad slacking like in front of drining havee.
brack & to town at night.
Beautiful day and warmers.
9 loads.
SUNDAY, 5
Break to tarn at night-
very dull and looking like rain
east wind.
September 1920
MONDAY 6
Drawing out of corner field finished it early in afternoon and drawing out of field next Jack. Drew 11 loads. Wilmatt came over about three o' clock to heep. Stacking on barn dump. Rather dull in morning but brightened and was quite warm.
TUESDAY 7
Finished drawing from field next Jack and drew oat from behind low drinking house, and one load of oat from back 14 ac after supper. 8 loads in all. Wilmatt helping. I to lawn in a.m. for meat. Ma and I up to flax bee in Eluins field in evening. Misty at times in forenoon. Fine p.m.
WEDNESDAY 8
Drew 7 loads of grain from back 14 ac. Stacking it behind barn. Brock to town at night. Beautiful warm day.
September 1920
THURSDAY 9
Drawing in from other place. Jack Walker helping also Eluin, Gerald, Harry and Roy here in afternoon with team. Drew 15 loads. Stacking behind barn. Fine until about four. Here misty and quite a heavy rain by six o' clock.
FRIDAY 10
Da leveling grain in barn in forenoon. Brock to Moorefield with 7 pigs. Took hay loader and rake to low driving house in afternoon and starightening up in barn. Mr. Shaner from Arthur here in evening. Fine day.
SATURDAY 11
Drew in 2 loads of wheat when it came on rain about ten o' clock. Very heavy rain with thunder and lightening at noon. Put cement braugh in pig pen in afternoon. We to town at night. Bright afternoon.
September 1920
SUNDAY 12
George, Mable, Muriel and Harold here for dinner and tea also Gerald for tea. Fine and quite breezy. Rain in night and very heavy storm went north and south.
MONDAY 13
Brokc and Da put in another cement laugh in pig pen. Then Da cutting corn rest of day and Brock at mosser threshing. Brock to lawn for mon to go to Jack therhing and Da up at Eluins. Fine day and quite hot in p.m.
TUESDAY 14
Gerald at mosser and Jack Walker threshing for moals Mr. Riddel at Jack. Harry here all day helping draw in. Drew 8 loads of wheat and 2 loads from back 14 ac. Put it in farm. Very heavy drew and mist in forenoon but turned out a fine warm day. Brock to Seth at night to see Tom Miller.
WEDNESDAY, 15
Brack at base hilbams thereby in foregrow.
Da and Nanny drew iff 4 loads from athen haee
From mills came to thresh in of legmeon.
Threy had stack in french is dreiwing house.
2 to laium in morning for meah.
Me Jae merlihow lumed picho in afternoon.
Beautiful day.
THURSDAY, 16
Threshing in borw all day.
neany heendow rolorm in night
Carler but lurned aul fine beegy day.
FRIDAY, 17 Teinished in how aeed thrashed lack rn deemfs.
Beautiful day.
September 1920
SATURDAY 18
Thushed stack behind barn in forenoon. Straightening up in afternoon. I to lawn in morning for meah. Brock and I down at night. Fine day but very cold night.
SUNDAY 19
Brock to church at night. Dr. J. A. Mr. Gaegon here for tea. Fine day.
MONDAY 20
Putting in cement partition in pig pen in morning and afternoon and picking up outside. Very dull and a drizzling rain all day. Brock down to Seth in evening to see about corn oinder but they were away.
September 1920
TUESDAY 21
Cleaning off barn road and cutting round corn. Brock to Seth for corn binder after dinner but didnt get it. Then eugent back and cuph the late grain on other place and Da shacked it. Beautiful warm day.
WEDNESDAY 22
Da and Brock started to cut corn then Geo hung brought corn binder about ten and Brock cutting corn. Finished about four o'clock and look binder back to Seth and our own binder down to law driving house. Lue to town at night. Beautiful day and very hot.
THURSDAY 23
Da and Brock at Wilmatt threshing in forenoon and Brock at Hod threshing in afternoon. Da shakcing corn. Mr. Grimbel here and bot ram lawn $20. Mr. Jack Walker here in evening. Fine and warm a little breeze.
September 1920
FRIDAY 24
Brock at Hoshel threshing alld ay. Da shocking the corn. We to town in afternoon. Very close and warm. Looking like rain.
SATURDAY 25
Brock at Hoshel threshing until four o'clock. Jack came up in morning to help Da draw in the late grain from other place. Put it on slack behind the barn and covered it with board. We to town at night. Very hot day.
SUNDAY 26
Uncle Jim and Will Nellie and Lillian, Mr. Hitchcep and Lillian Sale malored up and spent the day. Fine and extremely hot. Lightening at night. Harry and Della here in evening.
September 1920
MONDAY 27
Choring and put in a waggon wreck in forenoon. Cleaned out moat house in afternoon. Brock took me to morning train. Gone to Toronto with Aut and Madge. Cloudy and a heavy rain in afternoon.
TUESDAY 28
Drawing up wood from bush to put in wood house. Clara and Joyce came on six train. I came home from Toronto and Halwing brought me out. Fine and breezy. A little spattter of raina t night. Martha fooled.
WEDNESDAY 29
Drawing up wood in forenoon. tightening up corn shack and choring. We to lawn in afternoon to the show. Down to concert at night. Dull at times and quite cool. Showery at night.
September 1920
THURSDAY 30
Finished filling the wood house. Clara, Joyce loud and at Will Philp for tea. Very dull and cold. Showery all day.
October 1920
FRIDAY 1
Choring round barn all day. Brought home young cattle for over night. Mrs. Ross M. Euing and Loyd here in afternoon. Very snowy day.
SATURDAY 2
Brock to lawn in morning with chap. Da cleaning hen house. Gathered up pumpkin and brought a couple of loads of wood from bush put one in cellar. Clara and I to town in afternoon. Quite a cold wind but bright in afternoon.
October 1920
SUNDAY 3
Brock to church at night. Raw wind and quite dull at times but a fine evening.
MONDAY 4
Diggign potatoes. Quite a bright breezy day. A little cloudy to word evening.
TUESDAY 5
Da started to plough in field back of low driving house. Brock and Mother picking apples in other place in forenoon. Brock ploughing in afternoon. Quite cloudy and cold north wind.
October 1920
WEDNESDAY 6
Finished ploughing field behind low driving house and started in field this side of windmill. I took Clara and Joyce to morning train. Beautiful day and warmer. Brock to town at night.
THURSDAY 7
Ploughing all day in field this side of windmill. I round to Roy and Uncle Richd with plump in afternoon. Beautiful warm day.
FRIDAY 8
Ploughing all day in field this side of windmill. Mr. Shover called about six with some records. Beautiful bright warm day.
October 1920
SATURDAY 9
Ploughing all day in field this side of windmill. Beautiful warm day.
SUNDAY 10
Brock to church at night. Fine and warm.
MONDAY 11
Brock went to help Jack draw in corn and Da to plough. Come on rain about nine o'clock and raining all day, very hard at times thunder and lightening.
October 1920
TUESDAY 12
Finished ploughing field this side of windmill and started in the 14ac. over here M Euing. Fine day but warm.
WEDNESDAY 13
Ploughing all day in 14ac nerch Mr. Euing. I up to see Harry in afternoon. He sick with pneumonia. Fine and very warm.
THURSDAY 14
Ploughing all day in 14ac M Euing. Mother and I to town in afternoon. Fine and hot.
October 1920
FRIDAY 15
Ploughing in 14ac next M Euing. Fine and warm. A little breeze after dinner.
SATURDAY 16
Finished the back 14 ac about eleven o'clock. Then getting the barn ready to draw in mangelo. Drew two loads in afternoon. We to lawn at night. Misty and a little shower in morning but fine afternoon.
SUNDAY 17
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, Anna and Ralph here for dinner and tea. Brock to town at night. Foggy morning but nice afternoon.
Thanksgiving day October 1920
MONDAY 18
Drew 6 loads of mangelo. Mother up to Georgie in afternoon. Very misty in forenoon but came out fine.
TUESDAY 19
Drawing mangelo all day. 6 load. Misty in morning but a fine day and warm.
WEDNESDAY 20
Finished the mangelo 4 loads. Put 3 dry cow over on other place. I to town in afternoon. Brock down at night. beautiful day and night, very warm.
October 1920
THURSDAY 21
Da drawing out manure out of shed with stoenboat. Puttign it the other side of corn. I took Brock to morning train. He gone to Hamilton to ploughing match. Beautiful day and warm.
FRIDAY 22
Da done chores and went to Eluin for barn to thresh about nine o'clock. Fine warm day.
SATURDAY 23
Da at Eluins threshing all day. Brock came home on morning train. We to lawn at night. Fine warm day.
October 1920
SUNDAY 24
Brock to church at night. Hazy and cloudy at times. Thunder shower going round a little sprinkle about five o'clock.
MONDAY 25
Brock at Eluins threshing until 3 p.m. Da drawing out manure. Then bath at Roy threshing the next of day. Sadie here in afternoon. Misty in morning but elared off en afternoon.
TUESDAY 26
Da and Brock at Roy threshing until 3:30 p.m. A shower early this morning and very misty and foggy all day. Cool.
October 1920
WEDNESDAY 27
Brock at Jsaac Hilborns threshing on Craig farm in forenoon, at Lumg in afternoon for Seth. Da drawing out manure. Misty and dull all day. Cooler at night. i to town in morning.
THURSDAY 26
Brock at Seth threshing all day. Da drawing out manure. Cloudy and cold north wind. Fall of snow to night.
FRIDAY 30
Brock at Seth threshing until about 10:30 p.m. Then Tom moved up here and threshed the small stack behind barn in afternoon. I to town in morning. Brock to concert at night in town. Very cold north wind and cloudy.
October 1920
SATURDAY 30
Da ploughing in manure on other side of corn in field next Jack. Brock took down a load of chap in morning and brought home a load of cement tile. Then went back for chap. Down after dinner for another load of tile. Mother, Brock and I to lawn at night. At concert for riut J.N Carmen, Ms Burshell. Bright and warm very windy, cleaned pipes.
SUNDAY 31
Mr. Mrs. Jno Ritch here for dinner and tea. Quite dull, came on a miggling rain about four o'clock. Raining most of night.
November 1920
Da ploughing in manure and Brock down for two loads of tile in forenoon. Da over to Hamilton in afternoon with pig. Brock cleaned out eane sprub and choring. Very dull dirly day. Raining at times. Shorg Earl wind at night.
November 1920
TUESDAY 2
Choring all day, piled up mangelo in road. House, dug out drain at end of pig pen and put in a large tile. Setting up stakes in sod next Jack. Very rainy, dirly day, cooler at night.
WEDNESDAY 3
Started to plough in sod field next Jack. I to town in afternoon. Dull and scudo of rain in morning cloudy in afternoon.
THURSDAY 4
Started at turnip tapping and drawing in. Dull but dry.
November 1920
FRIDAY 5
Ploughing for about an hour in morning. Then at turnip rest of day. Misty and rain early in morning but turned out nice day.
SATURDAY 6
Topping and drawing turnip all day. Clara and Melville came about six o' clock. Lue to town night. Bright and breezy.
SUNDAY 7
Melville, Clara, Joyce, Brock and I left about 8:48 a.m. for Brampton. Arriving there at 12:10. Came home in the evning. Quite dull and cool all day.
November 1920
MONDAY 8
Dap a nd Brock at Harry threshing all day. Fine and bright at times. Tabby 2 yrs dead.
TUESDAY 9
Clara and Melville left for home about 1:30p.m. Went to Harrys in morning but broke feeder so came home and went back after dinner to finish. Choring at home and filling up grid of chap. Brock to town with ih and at horses shod in p.m. Da tapped and borrowed pack next of turnip. Rain in night, dull and colder sleet at night.
WEDNESDAY 10
Drew in rest of suede turnip in forenoon. Then tapped, harrowed out and drew in greystones. Thirty seven loads turnip 18 mangelo. Fall of snow through the night. Snowing a little all day. Colder.
November 1920
THURSDAY 11
Da and Brock ploughing stubble on other side of corn next Jack. Brock at Burrows threshing in afternoon. I to lawn in morning. Fine and thawing. Colder to wards night and snowing.
FRIDAY 12
Da choring round barn and brought in corn. Brock at Burrows threshign until 4:30p.m. Brought home young cattle this a.m. Heavy fall of snow in night. Cold and very stormy all day.
SATURDAY 13
Tiring up young cattle and choring. Brock at Burrows threshing until 10:30a.m. John Arbuekle here for ram lamb in afternoon. We to town at night. Dulll and raw west wind.
November 1920
SUNDAY 14
Brock to church at night. Dull and raw wind. Hot moderaling much.
MONDAY 15
Done chores and set up engine and chapper and chopped 5 bags in forenoon. Drew in corn, cleaned trough at low well and put in storm windows in afternoon. Fine with flurries of snow but cold.
TUESDAY 16
Done chores and getting ready to kill pigs. Brock to town to get hoop on bbl. Killed two pigs in afternoon. Watt helped. Fine but dull and cold east wind.
November 1920
WEDNESDAY 17
Done chores. Da cutting up meat and salting it. Brock brough home lamb from other place and made a lid fror trough at low well. Brock and I to tone lesh Edison in Arthur at night. Mr and Mrs. Duggin, Mrs Whilakern. Fine and milder in afternoon. Very stormy morning.
THURSDAY 18
Done chores and drew up two loads of wood from bush in afternoon and brought in corn. Fine day and quite mild.
FRIDAY 19
Da done chores and dig the rest of carrot and beel in garden in afternoon. Brock at Seth all day helping put in pipes from barn to house. Dirly day soft snow and rain at times. Foggy.
November 1920
SATURDAY 20
Donec chores. Drew in corn and chopping. Mrs. Walker here in afternoon. Foggy rain sleet and snow.
SUNDAY 21
Home all day. Very dull, strong earl wind and sleet.
MONDAY 22
Choring and drew in corn in afternoon. Brock to moorefield in morning with lamb. Dull and raining at times cold.
Novemner 1920
TUESDAY 23
Done chores, Drew in corn. Brock over to Emerson Walker for cheese but no one at home. Da to town in afternoon. Got 2 roosters from Ed. Walter. Brock down in afternoon for 2 BBL. salh from Farmer. Dull and Foggy.
WEDNESDAY 24
Done chores, Drawing out mnaure. I over to Nad all day helping Sadie sew. Brock and I up to party at Barry. Very dirly day. Foggy and soft snow.
THURSDAY 25
Done chores and drawing out manure. Mother and I to town in morning. I over to Had in afternoon. Dull and very foggy soft snow at times.
November 1920
FRIDAY 26
Choring and finished drawing out manure then drew in corn and chopping. Brock and i up to fawl supper in Rothsay. Very dull and foggy.
SATURDAY 27
Done chores, cleaning pens. Drew in corn and chapping. Brock and I to town at night. Dull and cloudy.
SUNDAY 28
Brock to churhc at night, Lizzie and Maria here in afternoon. Lizzie stayed for tea. Dull and earl wind.
November 1920
MONDAY 29
Choring and drew 3 loads of gravel. Brock over to Don Mayne for a drake and at Sethd for his tools in evening. Dull and raw earl wind. Jae Kaplon came for old hen.
TUESDAY 30
Choring and drew 2 loads of gravel in morning. Cleaned hen house and pens ina fternoon. A little sunshine at times but dull and foogy.
December 1920
WEDNESDAY 1
Done chores. brock chopping and Da drew inc orn. Ploughing sod next Jack in afternoon. Dull and misty. Raining at night.
December 1920
THURSDAY 2
Done chores and ploughing sod next Jack. Mother and I to town in afternoon. Fine bright day. Freezing at ngiht.
FRIDAY 3
Done chores. Ploughing sod. Frozen quite hard in morning. Dull morning but turned out a fine day.
SATURDAY 4
Done chores. Brock chopping, cleaning pens. Went out to plough sod in afetrnoon. Raining hard in forenoon and in shower after dinner. Dirty dark afternoon and night.
December 1920
SUNDAY 5
Brock and I to Hefkey for tea and to churhc. Dull and getting colder. Very windy in evening.
MONDAY 6
Done chores. Then bath ploughing sod next Jack. Finished field then Brock chapping and Da ploughing stubble below corn next Jack. Dull and spit of snow freezing a little.
TUESDAY 7
Done chores and bath ploughing stubble in forenoon. Finished it and started back on other place below rape ground in afternoon. Dull and cold north wind.
December 1920
WEDNESDAY 8
Done chores. Brock chopping and Da drawing in corn in morning. I to town. Went back to plough on other place in afternoon but it was frozen too hard. Took barn wire of fence belueen pasture field root ground. Fine bright day. Cold wind.
THURSDAY 9
Da done chores and Brock took me to morning train to go to Elora. Took down garden fence in afternoon and put lumber in shed. Fine and mild.
FRIDAY 10
Done chores. Brock chopping. Da taking down raid fence in around orchard. Heavy fall of snow in morning. Dull afternoon.
December 1920
SATURDAY 11
Done chores and taking down next of fence round orchard. Brock to town at ngiht. I came home from Elora. Quite bright for a time thne dull to wards evening and mild.
SUNDAY 12
Brock to churhc at night. Bright until about four then foggy and cloudy.
MONDAY 13
Done chores. Da drew in some corn and Brock chopping in forenoon. Da cleaned hen house in afternoon. Brock chopping. Dull and got quite foggy windy at night.
December 1920
TUESDAY 14
Done chores. Brock to lawn in morning to bank. Up to pay take in afternoon. Da and Brock picking rooster in afternoon. 12 roosters. Heavy rain and wind in th enight. very windy all day wiht scud of rain and snow. Colder to wards night.
WEDNESDAY 15
Done chores and pciked 15 geese. Quite stormy day, soft snow.
THURSDAY 16
Done chores. Brock went to Arthur about ten o'clock with gllzy and chickens. Home at six o'clock. Quite a stormy morning. Finer in afternoon, mild.
December 1920
FRIDAY 17
Done chores and drawing out manure. Mother and I to lawn in afternoon. Quite stormy morning and at times in afternoon. Colder.
SATURDAY 18
Done chores. Drawing Brock chopping and Da drew in corn and cleaned pens. We to lawn at night. Very stormy morning and at times in afternoon.
SUNDAY 19
Brock to church at night. Fine bright morning. Cloudy towards evening.
=== December ===. == MONDAY, 20 == (355-11) 1920
Done chores and drawing out manure. Fine and bright turning cold towards evening.
=== TUESDAY, 21 === (356-10)
Done chores and finished drawing out manure. I to towns in morning and got Wiley {shod?}. At institute at Wella's in afternoon. Bright morning but dull in afternoon and a cold east wind.
=== WEDNESDAY, 22 === (357-9)
Done chores. Brock to town for a load of coal in morning. {Ela?} drawing in corn. Brock chopping in afternoon. Very dirty day. Sleeting and raining at times all day very foggy.
Date | CASH ACCOUNT-DECEMBER | Rec'd | Paid |
Dec 17 31 |
1 large cow weight - 79 ? 39 1 " " " 80 . 40 |
58 | 36.42 |
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