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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1911
Theobald Toby Barrett Diary 1911 25..pdf
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After dinner I had a pretty good rest and then went back and hoed potatoes till about 4.30 p.m. I slaughtered a great number of potato bugs. They are chewing The plants all to pieces. I went bare footed with one foot for a while my toe was so sore. | After dinner I had a pretty good rest and then went back and hoed potatoes till about 4.30 p.m. I slaughtered a great number of potato bugs. They are chewing The plants all to pieces. I went bare footed with one foot for a while my toe was so sore. | ||
| − | Daddy spread manure till Sam Law came after him to see his cow which | + | Daddy spread manure till Sam Law came after him to see his cow which he thought was sick. Then he came and told me I could go for a swim and then went and rolled what Bill had plowed and Bill spread manure. |
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| + | Dick and I went down to the stump and had a dandy swim. The first I have had for nearly two weeks {(Dirt well I guess)?} | ||
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| + | Tony Bannister came over in a scow and it sunk before he got over, but he was prepared. | ||
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| + | Dick churned after tea and got so much butter that the butter {holder?} would hardly hold it. | ||
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| + | It has been and is now hot enough to cook eggs to-day in spite of a nice westerly breeze. | ||
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Thursday June 22nd
His Majesty King George V was crowned to-day and the school and all business places had a holiday, but Dick stayed home and drew all day.
Bill plowed all day, Daddy and I went back and cultivated corn till ten o'clock Joe went a good deal better.
Then I went over and spread manure till noon as Bill had caught up in the plowing. Vyse came over and he and Daddy put the rake to-gether. I got quite a nice bunch of straw berries over in our patch.
After dinner I had a pretty good rest and then went back and hoed potatoes till about 4.30 p.m. I slaughtered a great number of potato bugs. They are chewing The plants all to pieces. I went bare footed with one foot for a while my toe was so sore.
Daddy spread manure till Sam Law came after him to see his cow which he thought was sick. Then he came and told me I could go for a swim and then went and rolled what Bill had plowed and Bill spread manure.
Dick and I went down to the stump and had a dandy swim. The first I have had for nearly two weeks {(Dirt well I guess)?}
Tony Bannister came over in a scow and it sunk before he got over, but he was prepared.
Dick churned after tea and got so much butter that the butter {holder?} would hardly hold it.
It has been and is now hot enough to cook eggs to-day in spite of a nice westerly breeze.
