Nov Dec 1914

30 Boys Chored J helped wash A dug Post holes East of dam Benj'n helped him awhile till about 9 AM it began to rain rained off & on quite heavy shower quite mild they cleaned the shop we are intending to butcher tomorrow if all is well

Dec 1 Killed 2 Hogs Benj'n & Fanny Flavius' Fanny & Ernie helped Herman & Lydia helped too Benj'n Wilfred & Hermans Harvey were here too for dinner W Mild cloudy & misty all day

2 Boys dug Post holes along south of root field Benj'n helped awhile W quite mild foggy & misty all day

3 A helped Herman Build Cement steps J Chored AM J took Nancy & I to Br C's this Morning Br C's about the same he got up while we were there he Mostly sits up all day then J went to a sale near Cherrywood Daniels were here to dinner then they went to Br C's & Came back here to supper W. cool & cloudy

4 A dug the whole garden J Chored AM he went to Pickering with a sample of Wheat they pay $1.15 W. partly cloudy sharp white frost last night

5 Boys cleaned Wheat AM A took 48 Bus to Pickering @ $1.15 PM J took grist Chop PM W. Mostly cloudy cool some frost last night

Sunday 6 at home Joes & little Ada Barkey were here to dinner W. mostly cloudy Cool rain Air from East

7 J helped wash AM A dressed a Calf AM they dressed a Pig & a lot of Chickens & J filled 2 Brls snow Apples PM they took al the stuff to Hermans after supper A & Herman intend to go to Toronto tomorrow W. mostly cler milder a raw Air from N East I walked to Br C's AM he is about the same he gets up about 1000 AM Elizabeth Martin from Waterloo was here to dinner

8 J went to Cedar Grove he took grist Chop along he Chored PM A went to Toronto with Hermans Harvey he took 2 Brls snow Apples @ $2.00 Each Pig 10.23 per Cwt W mostly cloudy raw NE air roads very good

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Dec 1914

9 Boys Chored A brought a load of Coal from Locust Hill AM W. cloudy began to snow about 10 AM snowed quite fast More or less all PM not blowing Much this is my Nancy's 75th Birthday

10 Boys helped the girls patch the ceiling in the dining then they Painted it all the Ceiling J went to Ceder Grove for the Paint W. a few inches of snow looks like winter Flavius's boys Caught 12 Rabbits today

11 A helped the girls wash the wood work of the living room Benj'n helped J clean wheat PM W. like a real winter day Mostly clear sharp air pretty cold boys brought home some Oil cake from Locust Hill AM

12 A took 53 Bus Wheat