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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1927
Franklin McMillan 1927 Diary 9.pdf
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{Side note} 1 car start. April 15th. | {Side note} 1 car start. April 15th. | ||
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June 5th Sunday. cool again. | June 5th Sunday. cool again. | ||
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in the afternoon ordered (10 cars manure) 5 for strawberry covering to start Nov 15th. 5 for Hotbeds. Jan 30. Feb 15 Mar 1st. 5th & 15th.
{Side note} 1 car start. April 15th.
June 5th Sunday. cool again.
June 6th Finished planting peppers & Vegetable Marrows planted Cauliflowers in the afternoon. covered them all with berry boxs about 6000.
June 7th & 8th. Hoeing strawberries. very weedy & poor.
June 9th. Rained in the morning fixed up Sprayer. piled frames etc. broke axle on the truck cost $1960 {$19.60}. warm & windy.
June 10th. warm men hoeing strawberries I started cultivating carrots. had two showers. Had Mr Briggar out wants strawberries again
June 11th. started spraying cherry crop looks very light also plums & pears.
June 12th Sunday fair & cool.
June 13th. Spraying. men hoeing strawberries
June 14th. Finished spraying 13 tanks in all. 5 1/2 lbs lead and 3 1/2 Gals Lime Sulphur per tank. did not take as much as last year. two reasons. not much frost & from 200 to 300 trees dead or dying. winter killed to wet last fall. they did not stop growing until frozen up.
