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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1914

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drilled it, he says it will need harrowing and rolling again. The wheat on the buckwheat ground is up nicley now Frank and I got out about nine o'clock and finsihed cutting the row there were 13 more shocks in it. We didn't begin another as we didn;tknow whether it is quite ripe enough or not and thought e eould leave it a day or two to see if more of it isn't glazed. We stated to pull the two rows of beans then Frank got his row done by noon but I only got about half of mine done, however Frank finishe dit after dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah & Tiddums lit out for Simcoe. Enah went up to attend the Deanery meeting and she stayed to come down by train to-nihgt. Dad. brought Tid. home had his tea and has riven down again to Pinafore praqctice where he is to met Enah. They have left Frank & me in charge again with Tiddums asleep. We have just finished washing the dishes, Huby didn;t come over till noon and he Frank and I hauled rails this afternoon, we only got two loads as we had a few visitors Charlie Shand cam ein just after Dad left with is old dog who had=s a lump on its jaw about the six eof a baseball. I told him to leave it till Dad came home and come after it to-night but when dad came home the old dog wouldn;tlet him touch him, however MrShand came in before tea and between them they managed to tie him
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drilled it, he says it will need rolling and harrowing again. The wheat on the buckwheat ground is up nicely now Frank and I got out about nine o'clock and finished cutting the row there were 13 more shocks in it. We didn't begin another as we didn't know whether it is quite ripe enough yet or not and thought we would leave it a day or two to see if more of it isn't glazed. We started to pull the two rows of beans then Frank got his row done by noon but I only got about half of mine done, however Frank finished it after dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah & Tiddums lit out for Simcoe. Enah went up to attend the Deanery meeting and she stayed to come down by train to-night. Dad. brought Tid. home had his tea and has driven down again to Pinafore practice where he is to meet Enah. They have left Frank & me in charge again with Tiddums asleep. We have just finished washing the dishes, Huby didn't come over till noon and he Frank and I hauled rails this afternoon, we only got up two loads as we had a few visitors Charlie Shand came in just after Dad left with his old dog who has a lump on its jaw about the size of a baseball. I told him to leave it till Dad came home and come after it to-night but when Dad. came home the old dog wouldn't let him touch him, however Mr Shand came in before tea and between them they managed to tie him

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drilled it, he says it will need rolling and harrowing again. The wheat on the buckwheat ground is up nicely now Frank and I got out about nine o'clock and finished cutting the row there were 13 more shocks in it. We didn't begin another as we didn't know whether it is quite ripe enough yet or not and thought we would leave it a day or two to see if more of it isn't glazed. We started to pull the two rows of beans then Frank got his row done by noon but I only got about half of mine done, however Frank finished it after dinner. This after noon Dad. Enah & Tiddums lit out for Simcoe. Enah went up to attend the Deanery meeting and she stayed to come down by train to-night. Dad. brought Tid. home had his tea and has driven down again to Pinafore practice where he is to meet Enah. They have left Frank & me in charge again with Tiddums asleep. We have just finished washing the dishes, Huby didn't come over till noon and he Frank and I hauled rails this afternoon, we only got up two loads as we had a few visitors Charlie Shand came in just after Dad left with his old dog who has a lump on its jaw about the size of a baseball. I told him to leave it till Dad came home and come after it to-night but when Dad. came home the old dog wouldn't let him touch him, however Mr Shand came in before tea and between them they managed to tie him

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