Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1911-1913

Title

Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1911-1913

Creator

Philip "Henry" Shook

Source

Leeds and the Thousand Islands Archives: Municipal Heritage Committee

Date

1911-1913

Language

English

Coverage

Leeds & Grenville County, Leeds Township, Ontario

Date Created

March 8th, 1911

Is Part Of

Philip "Henry" Shook Diary Collection

Medium

Scanned Manuscript

Transcription

July 1{illegible} th sold to {illegible}. Mustard the Cheese man 3 cords of stoue wood at $1.40. fer Cord $4.20 paid July 17. th 1 Cord 2wood $1.40 July 29th 1 Cord - - - - $1.40. August 3th. 1 Cord _ _ _ _ $1.40. August 12. 5 - 1/4 {fraction form} cords wood $4.36 Aug 23th 3.{illegible}ords paid Aug 28th 1 {elligible} {drawn line in between text} Oct 6th one cord Block wood $1.25 {Lo Due?}. Mustard. {Drawn line in between text} 1911. Nove from {illegible symbol} Whilstie 6 lbs Butter

{Sideways writing starting from right corner} 19{illegible} April 1 th. a jar of butter from Lillies and Butter 43 lbs

{Rightside up math} {2 lines of math 100 1/2 28{illegible} 42 2 {drawn line to signify math} 142 670 2 143 {Drawn line to signify math} 286 60 {Drawn line to signify math} $7{7? 2?} 3 {second line of math}

{Sideways math starting from the top} 138 210 56 270 {Drawn line to signify math} {backwards 3?} 74

{Next line of math to the left} 210 210 140 356 199 200 300 139 056 270 {drawn line} {rightside up} 633 {line/1?} {sideways} 956

Mar 8 In account with Bee. Brown Received the sum of 12.00 Cleaning in basement on 6 pigs For gathering salt 4.00 16.00

8 Payed Bee Brown for 14 lbs of cheese at 10¢ per lb $1.40

13 Heard robin bird

14 Saw blue bird

16 Very heavy wind

14 Last trip down lake with Teem

17 Drew last load lumber from Lizards mill

21 A snow storm at night, the snow wind

22 Rain and sleet to day, west wind

22 Write a roll of something at night

23 Elsa and George went out to church to D. wood and to Philips wille and done check

On 25th They drove the cutter

26 Henry and Sweet went out to Philip’s will drove the cutter

26 Thawing pretty fast to day roads. had

27 Some rain to day

27 Thawing very fast to day

Feb 27 John Shook started back home to the west went by the way of Smith Falls

march 7 Mrs. Louis Chase died 8 Drawing a big elm saw log up from F. Ebbetshead woods April 4 Noah . Berg sawing at Bee Brown with machine and moved over to P.H. Shook

4 Gathering sap first time 4 Commencing to snow about 5 o’clock in afternoon and in night turned to a heavy rain


5 Raining today, ain’t going to saw, men gone home

6 Berg finished at P.H. Shook and moved up to Delong’s place. Paid Berg for sawing $5.25

April 5 Springvale cheese factory started today. Run by georgs stang.

1911 April 3 Moving hay from the Haskins place on Bob’s sleigh

15 brought a cow from Morg. Berg

24 ice all out grijace lake


25 Sowing timothy and clover seed on rye ground on big field on flats next to swamp

25 Sowed oats on field on back of the house 4½ bushels

26 Gathering sap the last time


24 Put out bees out doors


26 Gathered sap buckets


25 Moving oats on big field on the flats

may 1 heavy rain nearly all day


2 north west wind and very cool


3 a flurry of snow this morning


8 planted a few Early potatoes


11 Turned cow out on pasture


15 first night for cows to be out

1911 received for farm produce

May 22 Received from Wm Gardner for board $2.00


29 Barry’s cow down in drilling in Evergreen sweet corn

June 12 Bees wat 2 lbs at 4


Billy Gardner road money $6.60


Milk money $4.84


15 Sowing field turnips


20 Received from Ben Brain for potatoes $2.00


20 George Collison planting potatoes to day


24 Boris Min paid


From hamet Dill paid 84 feet

July 6 rent grant paid mustard


17 Turns black wire paid


7 Wire paid


31 Finished cutting oats on flats

August 2 Finished getting in oats on flats

1911 Bece for farm produce

September


From Ben Brown $2.00


1 Had threshing machine


1 W. W. Morrow charged $4.00


7 Finished cutting corn on flats, Lester Middleton machine, paid Lester $3.00


15 Received from Dave Willson on draft beef in full $5.00


15 Received from Dave Willson for filling salt $2.00


14 Shut hog up to fat, the black hog half Hamler


15 Finished getting in field corn from the flats


20 Homer & Willie filling silo


22 Finished getting drill corn off the flats


30 Received from Luther Moustard for wood the cheese man, $21.00


Received from Mrs. Dolph for pigs $4.00

October 3 Received from Luther Moustard for pigs $10.00


8 A flurry of snow


12 Finished digging and getting in potatoes

1911

October


20 finished getting in sugar beets


23 finished getting in field carrots


23 finished getting in cabbage

Apples, cauliflower, cabbage, squash — $4.25

Nove 1 drawing coal for Wm. Dunn


from Dunn for drawing $2.00


coal Bee Brown, cabbage $1.20


4 finished getting in turnips

13 W. G. Shook came home from the north west


15 Roby Galloway had his sale


16 Springwall cheese factory closed


18 took milk to Frank Wilistic cheese factory for the first time

1911

Nove 1st It a flurry of snow to night


2 Taylor Johnson and Joe chunek takes cattle home from P. H. Shook pasture


26. Frank Brown died


28 Frank Brown funeral. 28 heavy rain


29 Ploughing in after noon


29 Harry Walts out on a squirrel hunt


30 Gordy Sweet ploughing today


30 Milk 2.96 lbs

Dec


2 Gordy Sweet ploughing today


2 George, I, and Henry went to Gonas Ice


7 Lyndhurst Turkey Fair


5, 6, 7 Fine warm weather

6


8 Last trip down to Frank Whistle’s factory with milk, cabbage, and beans 11 Gordy Sweet ploughing to day


12 Went down to Brookville by train in company with Bee. Brown


13 Warm to day


14 Very fine and warm with sun shine

1911

Dec 18Gordy. Sweet flourshing Today

   19helped gordy.Sweet kill two beef. 
   19grifen leke froze over to night 
   22received for Wire fence $2.50
   22calm and foggy rain to night
   22A little south west wind
   29The ice in grifen lake all broke up again
   30 Went P.H Shook went to Gananoque drove buggy

1912

Jan 2high West wind today

   34&5 fine weather. a little snow but no sleighing yet
   5heavy wind and snow 
   5drifting
   11went on a trip down to Brockville
   13Very cold weather
   13At P.H Shook place the thermometer ran down to 37 below zero
   13At G.O'Conner's place 42 below zero
   13At Lyndhurst 44 below zero
   13At west port 48 below zero
   22killed hog weighed 132 lbs

in acount with george, Cheetham

1912 - June 25 - Paid in full

Jan 29 Bought a milk wagon

from george, Cheettham

paid for wagon $10.00

P.H. Paid in full

1912 george, Cheetham

Jane Detor to P.H. Shook

31 1/2 bushel Beans $1.00

Feb. 2. 1 Cord Stove wood hand 2.25

June 6.75

25 by dash full $10.00 25 {ellenent in?}

in acount with Bee Brown

Bee. Brown Detor to P.H shook $4 $4

1911 PSastuerning datte and coalt 10.00

{Coalt? Erased out} 77 2 Dozen cabbage 1.20 88

1912 30 72

77 5-

231 77

Jan 22 by 30 lbs fresh {jsark? joark?} at 10. perll 3.00

P.H Shook Detor to Bee Brown

for 50 lbs flour 62 1.50

Turkeys 16 6.00

16 4

Feb 13 1/2 day sawing logs 64 .50

14 1/2 day Skiding logs 77 50

Mar 65 62 36 30 77

8 38 lbs peas 72 69

{illegible number} 281 50

April 77 87 50

5 Bee. Brown detor lines for home 1.00 $9.00

19 3 1/2 gallens {Syrife?} 16 3.50

May 4 64

15 received by dash 77 9.70

15 settement in full 23 30 10 28 40 1912 $ 4

May. P.H. shook detor {written above} to Bee. Brown

for one fig settement in full 4.00

29 ten figsat $2.00 each $20.00

June June 19 settement in full

17 . Bee brown Detor to P.H Shook

5 lbs over green swet corn

at 7 cts per lbs June 15 # Settement 35

17 Brown Detor to P.H. Shook in full

15 lbs yellow corn/ Settement in full 50

{Sideways text starting from right}

May 15th

Settement in full

1912 June 15th Setled in full

1911

Pastuering Catte Abay 4th 1911

Bee. Brown 3 yearlings heffers

at $2.00 each by the season $6 {illegible}

1 yearling coalt by the season $4.00

Wales Hieuek ^Paid^ 2 yearlings ^Paid^ hefers

at $2.00. ^Paid^ each by the season. $4.00

Paid luther Mustard 5 yearling ^Paid^ heffers

Paid at $2.00 ^Paid^ each by the season ^Paid^ $10.00

Hamet Lillie ^Paid in full^ 4 yearlings heffers Paid

1912 at 2.00 each by the seasons $8.00 ^in^

Jan 8th Paid in full

and one 2 year old heffer at full

$2.50 + 8. by the season $2.50

may 6 the turned coalts out fastuer

paid

may 8th Joe Church 2 cows and colues

with them $4.00 ^Paid^ each by the paid season

$8.00 +

may 8th Gaylof Johnson paid 2 yearling

$2.00 each by the season $4.00 paid

William Goekill 1 paid yearling paid

$2.00 by the season

1912

Feb 2 fine to day some sun shine

Mar

12 .100 lbs 5 rose flour $3.00

15 James. Wheeler. Died 11 o'clock at night

18 James. Wheeler. funeral today

20 Spring begins with a north east wind and sunshine in forenoona litte cloud inafternoon

21 yong figs at Bee Browns

21 heavy north east snow storm

22. 16 lbs oat meal

26 Eliza and george went on a trip out

26 to Chantry

28 and came back on the 28 drove the cuter

April

1 comeneed to {tal?} the sugar

Bush tafed 127 trees

1 Bee. Brown killed 1 hog for fsark

1 Snowing to night

5 Bee. Brown had P..H. Shook wagon to go out to Lyndhurst. crossing for Seed drill

5 thawing very fast

5 to day

1912

April 9 Bee. Brown had Wm. Bergs.

9 sawing machine run by R Burch

charged $2.00

9. P.H. Shook. had Wm. Bergs.

sawing machine run by R. Burch

charged $2.50 cts

9 buite a snow storm

8 hurd cow came in

8 Spring vale cheese faetorg to day

run by george. Stary

8 comeneed to send milk to factory

13 hurd a frog croak to day

23 a flung of Snow this morning

30 got a Bull from A ledbeater

30 Buried James Wheeler to day

April 22 got a milk can from Lallman of Lyndhurst paid $6 00

April 25 Buried Francis Brown

April 30 yong pigs at P.H. Shooks

May

2 building line fence beetwen

Delong and Haskin place

3 Bee Brown Sold a mare to Wast Cheang for the Sum of $150

3 sold Bee Brown a horse for the Sum of $175 the horse age of horse 7 years olf

1912

May 9 moved cook stove from Dining room to kitchen

10 planted earley portatoes

13 first day for cows to be out on pasture

22 first night for cows to be turned

22 out at night

29 killed one hog weight 305 lbs

June

7 Some frost to night

8 Bee Brown sowing peas and oats

13 planting field corn on flats\

14 planted ever green Sweet corn on floats

18 Sowing turnips to day

22 W.g. Shook and Bee. Brown went to gananslue

July

8 set horse make {illlegible}

6 Bull fouls comeneed to bite

9 Comeneed haying

9 paid H. Lillie$ 35. 00

13 Sowed Buck wheat

15 heavy thunder Storm at night

16 Puting floore in cow Stable over head

19 took one load of cheese to the Bay

31 cheese in the load

19 Hiram Shook and Edmans Maidterlong at P.H. Shook place

1912

Aug 17 finished laying on the Shook place

17 N.C. Shook and Will. Shook at P.H. Shook

19 cut oats up back of butter

Aug nut tree.

22 Sold the Haskin farm

28 finished drawing in oats

31 W.g. Shook and Miss. Guey. Haskin on a trip over to Watertown N.Y

Sep

11 W. F. Gardner Working in grave yard in the Babits grave yard

23 Sun crosses line south west wind and rain

23 Hamet. Lilley, came home from the West

29 yong pigs at P.H. Shook

29 very heavy frost at night

27 caught a coon in Musards corn on the {ofhela?} place

1912

Octo 1 th Boried 7. lbs noark paid poark from Mrs Wm. Berry paid of sweets corners

4 Cut buckwheat on flats

5 finished cuting Evergreen corn on the flats

5 finished cuting ear corn on the flats

7 drew Buckwheat of from flats

8 T.W gardner started for new york

9 filled at 8!

8 filled Siloat H. Billies

9 filled silo at ray. Sweets

16 finished drawing in corn

Oct

15 F. Johnston puting gall shingles on house

finished puting shingles on house

Oct

11 P.H Shook. george. shook John. Fallbert & H. billie on {ef?} sqiurrel hunt

28 finished geting in sugar beets

28 comeneed ploughing on the flats on buck wheat ground

26 3 hundred gold mine flour at {$2.85005?} per hundred

1912 Nove

2 5 gall Coal oil


4 finished geting in turnips


12 Bob. Smoder working at corn stable


15 Thrashing to do day at Bee, Brown Bill. {M cornell?} machine Bohert Erwin. Levi Peron and Hiram, Shook running the machine


24 heavy north east wind and heavy snow


24 16 inches snow fell to day


13 Springvale cheese factory closed to day


16 First trip down to Frank Wilsty cheese factory with milk


29 last trip do to Sr. Willistic Dec

6 Snow all off in the clearings


5 Fine and warm


6 warm with high wind


9 Harnet. billie got a bull from Brown & brothers


10 got the horses shod at Ausker Kuttall shop

1912

Dec 11 P.H Shook and Ed. Coon on a hop hunt

12 W.g Shook and & G. Coon on a hop hunt

13 killed hog weighted 220 lbs

14 lent Bee. Brown 91 lbs of poark no ^Paid^ bone ^Paid^

21 {gripin?} lake froze over to day

28 recieved from

31 5 gallons coal oil

31 gordy sweet and P.H Shook on a trip down to the latimer bridge

31 lent Bee. Brown Paid 96 feet Elem Plank ^Paid^

1913

Jan 5 fine and warm to day

6 Sleat and rain to day

1913 Appendicitis

Jan 1 fine and warm to day

1 cuting wood down in Joe Moorehed woods in fore noon

2 P.H Shook. W.g. Shook Eda. Shook and Alva. Shook. cuting wood down in joe. {elboozehead?} woods

in fore noon


2 Thawing very fast today with a south wind


25 bought 41 lbs of beef from goidy. sweet at 6 cents per lb $2.46

1913 Memaondon

Nov 7 boucht of gordy sweet 111. lbs beef 7 cts per lb $7.77 sun shine 10 below zero

9 Clear and cam with bright

9 Comenced to cut basewood logs

visitors at P.H Shook

15 Hairy woods and wife

16 W.g Shook and Hary. Woods on a hunt

visitors at P.H Shook

17 Mrs gordy. sweet Mrs Burt. {Roads?}

18 Bee Brown shiped a dog and brought oats in return

18 and brought oats back in return

18 P.H shook gets 15 bushels of oats from Welley Willis western oats 5.2 cts per bushel.

28 Mrs. Ella Huffman and {abiss?} girty. Reanock at P.H Shook

1913 Jan 30- 100 gold mine flour

Jan 31 fine and warm no snow

31 48. above zero at 7 o clock in the morning.

31 rain in after no moon

Feb

1 cold west wind 12 above zero.

1 A little squall of snow

1 bare ground very hubby roads

1 Cristy. Sheffield at P.H Shook

2 getting siners from the latimer bridge.

2 heavy west wind

2 all day sun shine in forenoon and some in after noon

2 n---h with squalls of snow

2 roads froze hard dry dusty

3 South west wind and a little frozen

4 west wind and squalls of snow

4 10 above years

5 west wind and squalls of snow

5 8 above zero

5 lent A. leadbeater brush slh ^sythe^

1913

Feb 5| got horses shod at L. Dougall. shop $1.20

5| got 300. Bran. and 293 lbs provender

5| moved cook stove from kitchen to dining room

6| north west wind and squalls of snow

6| 12 above 0 zero

6| wagons running yet

7| west wind and flury of snow at night

7| roads very hard and dusty

7| 10 above zero drawing from across the road

8| north west wind and squalls of snow

8| 24 above zero. dust flying on

8| the roads like summer

8| comenced to skid ^logs^ out in

8| back of horse drew

8| them on the dray

8| Wm. Berry. and Caylop Johnson

9| 8 below zero in the evning

9| a little flury of snow in forenoon

9| with a little north east wind

10| sunshine all day prety cold

11| west wind squalls of snow

1913

Feb 12| Sunshine all day with a

12| north west wind with squalls of snow

13| Billey sale of hole st-am cows

13| Billey steavens sale o of hole steam cows

13| gordy sweet bought a two year old hiffer at

13| Billey Steavens sale at the price of $115

13| and 14 seeleys bay {raeeses?}

14| west wind 28 above zero

17| Rob. Web. took his cow away from P.H Shook

18| Billey Cook funrel to day

18| Williams. Carneyhum funrel

18| to day

20| fine and warm thawing very fast roads very mudy

20| 46 above zero at 9 o clock at night

1913 Cow Record

June 16. hurd cow Bee. Brown Bull

24 {jursey?} Bee. Brown Bull

28 spot cow Bee. Brown Bull

July 5 grade 2 year old heifer Bee BrownB

July 17 three tet cow B. Brown Bull 19 whee le 19 Berry Cow B. Brown Bull


27 o White cow Be. Brown Bull

July 31 Grade ^2 years old^ heifer Be. Bull Brown

August 7 Three tet cow mustard Bull

7 Berry cow mustard Bull

15. 2 year old grade hifer, mustard Bull

Cow Record

1913

Aug

25 Ben. Brown Coper Bee Brown Bull

______________________________________________

Sept

11 Ben. Brown. {Coper?} Bee. Brown. Bull

______________________________________________

11. 2 years old grade heiffer Bee. Brown. Bull

______________________________________________

77 x 30 = 2310 + 150 = 2325

Diary

1913

Feb

22 Heavy frozen rain storm with

22 a north east wind

23 fine sun shine all day west wind

24 fine sun shine all day west wind

25 fine sun shine all day west wind

24 comenced to draw basswood logs to the mill

24 grand slaying

25 drawing logs to day to the mill

25 good slaying a little snow storm in after noon

28 Mr. D. Woods and wife at P.H Shook.

Mar

1 Snowing all nearly all day

2 drifting with a heavy west wind and squalls of snow

3 Snowing nearly all day

4 cloudy with a little north wind

4 went over to Mckinely to get eyes tested

9 got glasses from Mc Kinely

8 snowing in fore noon turn to rain in afternoon


21 heavy rain and wind storms

21 Henry and Eliza went out to {elgin?}

1913 Memarondam


Mar 5. to 100 strong baker flour $2.60


4 joseph. Bevens at P.H Shook over night

11 fine sun shine and very warm and thawing very fast

10 got horses shod at Louis Dugal shop $1.20

15 heavy thunder storm

18 south west wind and thawing

19 taped sugar bush to day

19 thawing very fast

19 south west wind

19 snow all gon off

20 South west wind fine and warm

Mar

23 Andrew Dillon funrel to day

Mar

13 Arther Argue funerel to day


25 heavy heat storm north wind

26 A dark and cloudy a little mist of rain

26 heavy ice storm at night

29 heat storm in fore noon

27 snowing a little in after noon

1913

Mar 28 heavy ice on trees to day

28 drawing wood on bob sleigs fro

28 pastuer

31 heavy thunder in the sout

31 and a heavy shower of rain

31 hurd frogs croak

31 ice all out of gripen lake onely floating pieces

April

2 Yong pigs at Shook place

2 mrs. fred. Wills. and Miss. Edeath.

Willson at P.H. Shook

3 Snow in fore noon

3 heavy rain in after noon

11 fursy came in Bull calf

1913

April

21 Got 12.14 lbs of feed from geo. Boddick paid $16.63 05

21 paid miss. L.H for meat $3 00

18 heavy thunder storm

19 some hail and a little snow

22 Hamet Lillie had sawing machine Wm. Berry machine.

22. gordy. sweet had sawin machine Wm. Berry machine

23 Bee. Brown had sawing are machine Wm. Berry machine

24 gathered sap buckets

24 Hiram. Moore at P.H Shook

25 shiped syrup to manitoba to bermudys

25 shiped to syrup to joe. Shook

26

26 B Buried uncle Louis. Chase.

1913

May 3|^2^ Sowing oats on field up back of house on sap bush field

1| W.g Shook. & Robert. Webb on a trip out to Billey steavens

6| Steaphen. Merrill dat Bee. Brown

7| finished sowing oats on flats

12| 100 lbs flour Kings quality $1.950

12| 1100 feed

12| 1100 lbs feed


12| settement in full with george Roddick

17| got a dog from john. E. Murphy

16| first time for cows to b be out on grass


19| heavy frost at night

1913

May| 28 boried from Bee. Brown 15 lbs ^paid^ poark weighed ^paid^ in a little tin ^paid^ pale pale and poo- weighed 15 lbs. Paid

May

23| first night for cows to be turned out

20| James. free shingling drive hou

31| finished shingling drive house Paid james free $3.50 cts for the 20

30| P.H Shook drawing one load of cheese out to Lyndhurst crossing 30 cheese weighed 25-38 lbs.

30|grade hiffer came in

27| the big raine

June

7. 8 .9| frost at night

11| Bee. Brown drilling in

11| corn to day

12|W.g Shook drilling in corn on the flats

1913

june| 16 planted Evergreen corn


16| planted beans


18| full moon to day


18| planted potatoes to day

19| got horses shod to day by sly and Ausker. Nuttall for showing horses $1.50

15| Sowing turnips

30| Mrs. Louis, Morton and Mrs. Archy. sliter at P.H Shook from manitoba


july

9| heavy thunder storm

11| killed one hog weighed 189 lbs

15| comeced haying

18| Thomas. Merrill died

20| T. Merrill funarel to day

28| Ben cow came in

1913

August

1| Finiched haying

14| finished cuting oats

15| Mrs W.E Shook and howard, chapman and Mrs. Dr. Adams at P.H Shook

18| finished geting in oats which was 9 loads

23| Mrs. Leeds. Mrs Moore from Detroit at P.H Shook

30| Shiped 2 hogs average weight of hogs each 166 lbs makes 332 lbs. at 1/2 cents per lb

31| yong pigs at P.H Shook

Sept|

9| had William. Berry. Thraching machine changed $5 00 for the job

10| Hiram. Wood wife and mother at P.H Shooks

15| comenced to work on silo

1913

sep


10 some frost at night

14 very heavy frost

29 Boried poark

29 Boried 25 lbs poark laid from ^paid^ Hamet Lillie Paid

octo

3 Silo filling at P.H shook charged for p---g for filling silo $6.00

James berry sweets corners


6 sawing wood at P.H Shook Williams. Berry machine Rawn fg josep. galway and Arty. Berry 2 hours and 5 minutes drawing.

14 W.G Shook bought a set of scales from Thomas Mcmanes


13 comenced fall ploughing

15 finished diging and geting and geting potatoes in

913 October 15th Hamet Lillie had threashing machine

Wm. Berry machine


Oct

13 Hiram Shook had threashing machine Bill Meonell machine

17 drew a load cheese 21 boxes 1651 lbs

18 comenced ploughing on flats on corn stuble

20 comenced toping turnips and feeding cows

19 very heavy raine

22 killed hog which dressed 183 lbs

24 comenced to feed Enclege

24 raining all day

24 Billey Willson sale

1913

Octo 24| Baught two pigs from Ray. Sweet. 194 lbs each. Total 388 lbs 8 1/2 {illegible} lbs

25| got horses shod at gord. sly shop at seeleys Bay $2 20

25| got 100. five rose flowers $2.80

30| comenced to get turnips in

30| froze ice 1/2 inch thick


Nove

1| finished getting in turnips 430 bushels

8| finished fall ploughing

8| soed one saw ^paid^ to paid george. Hill for the som of $30.00. which he pays $10.00 down ^paid^ ball $20.00 soon as he gets this milk check which ^Paid^ would ^be^ about the 22 of November

1913 Novem

8 Finished drawing on wood up to house from across wood


9 heavy south east wind and rain

10 South west wind and snow

9 very heavy wind at night

9 first night for cows to be in stable

11 george gets a pair of Ruber boots at Champs. Mckinelys pays $4 00

15 P.H Shook gets a pair of case boots from george {Haidston?} $3.00

18 P Spring vale cheese is day factory closed in to day

19 first trip down to Frank Wilsty cheese factory

1913

Nove ^2^ 1 00 5 rose flour $2.80

21 paid taces $129.96

25 P.H Shook on a trip down to Athens poor house

25 Hary Woods and at {nuife?} at P.H Shook

Dece

1 george ploughing for Ben. Brown

2 finished ploughing for Ben. Brown


g--pe

7 rain at night turn to snow

8 heavy north wind and snow

15 Ben. Brown put put batries on telephone

17 killed hog for poark weight of hog 263 lbs


23 cut a bee tree on be. brown place

1913

Dec 29| Gripen lake froze over at night

28| Wm. Berry and wife at P.H. Shook

28| Scream. Farmer an wife at P.H. Shook

28| Hary. Woods over night at P.H. Shook

29| 100-5 rose flour $2 80 ^cts^

1914

Jan 10| moved cook stove from kitchen to dining room

20| 100 lbs 5 rose flour $2. 80 ^cts^

1912 Catle Pasturing catle

{illegible} 6| Hamet Lillie ^Paid^ yearlings heffer at $2.00 ^Paid^ Eeach and 2 years ^coalt^ $5.00

Oct 30|

6| Bee. ^Paid^ Brown. ^Paid in^ 4 yearlings ^fuce^ heffers at $2.00 each. 2 two years old heffers at $2.50 Eeach

1 . 2 years old coalt $5.00

Total paid in full $18.00

6| Edward. ^loet 15th^ Goon ^Paid in full^ 2 yearlings heffer at $2.00 each $4.00

Octo 31| Arty Berry paid 6| Arty. Berry one yearling coalt at $4.00

6|

Charley. Blackman one 2 year old coalt paid $5.00


6| Burt. Blackman one 2 year old coalt Paid in full $5.00

June|

19| Bee. ^Paid^ Brown ^in full^ Two year old coalt 84 cts per month Paid in full

1912 Cow Record

June 21. white cow

    Bee. Brown 
    Bull

23 Spot Cow

  Bee. Brown
  Bull
  Three. neat cow
  Bee. Brown 
  Bull 
June 25th
 Berry Cow 
 Bee. Brown
 Bull 
June 25th
Herd Cow

Bee. Brown

 Bull
 June 30th

Ben. Brown cow Bee. Brown

Bull
July 3th
Farrow cow

Bee. Brown

    Bull

Cow Record 1912

July 5 the Jursy Cow A. Leadbeter Bull

August 7th Fallow Cow Bee. Brown Bull

August 14th Ben. Brown Cow Bee. Brown Bull

Sept 10 year old hiffer Bee. Brown Bull

September 17

Farrow Cow

Bee Brown Bull

1912 Dec 11th took Sow Away C.Millock 1913 May 10th took Sow away to C.Millock

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Philip "Henry" Shook, “Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1911-1913,” Rural Diary Archive, accessed September 6, 2026, https://ruraldiaries.lib.uoguelph.ca/transcribe/items/show/714.

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