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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1918
Theobald Toby Barrett 1918 Diary 106.pdf
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| − | through with his chores so didn't come up. I didn't get home till about twelve o'clcok but got quite a few pointers on judging fruit which I knew very little about. Neff also announced that he was going to award prizes for general proficiency and best kept notes at last <s>years</s> winters short course and I was very agreably surprised to learn that I had won First Prize for General profiency and Tige M<u>c</u>Bride second. Leo Challand won first prize for best kept notes and Frank second. The prizes were all books mine was "Principles of Breeding" by Davenport and Frank's was "The Breeds of Farm Animals" by Gay. This after noon Frank and Dick burned some of the | + | through with his chores so didn't come up. I didn't get home till about twelve o'clcok but got quite a few pointers on judging fruit which I knew very little about. Neff also announced that he was going to award prizes for general proficiency and best kept notes at last <s>years</s> winters short course and I was very agreably surprised to learn that I had won First Prize for General profiency and Tige M<u>c</u>Bride second. Leo Challand won first prize for best kept notes and Frank second. The prizes were all books mine was "Principles of Breeding" by Davenport and Frank's was "The Breeds of Farm Animals" by Gay. This after noon Frank and Dick burned some of the old {?} grass that was in the wind rows out by the side road and Dad, Enah and Tid went down town and got some salt. Fine, cool & buggy. |
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| + | Wednesday August 28<u>th</u> | ||
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| + | It rained hard early this morning and all the after noon. We didn't do much but sit around and read. Dad. did a little ditching this morning and I took Ham Thompson's old red hen home about noon. Just at dinner time an auto mobile party ran in | ||
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through with his chores so didn't come up. I didn't get home till about twelve o'clcok but got quite a few pointers on judging fruit which I knew very little about. Neff also announced that he was going to award prizes for general proficiency and best kept notes at last years winters short course and I was very agreably surprised to learn that I had won First Prize for General profiency and Tige McBride second. Leo Challand won first prize for best kept notes and Frank second. The prizes were all books mine was "Principles of Breeding" by Davenport and Frank's was "The Breeds of Farm Animals" by Gay. This after noon Frank and Dick burned some of the old {?} grass that was in the wind rows out by the side road and Dad, Enah and Tid went down town and got some salt. Fine, cool & buggy.
Wednesday August 28th
It rained hard early this morning and all the after noon. We didn't do much but sit around and read. Dad. did a little ditching this morning and I took Ham Thompson's old red hen home about noon. Just at dinner time an auto mobile party ran in
