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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1920-1921
Theobald Toby Barrett 1920 Diary 78.pdf
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Thursday August 19th | Thursday August 19th | ||
| − | Still cutting | + | Still cutting oats, got on fairly well to-day but have quite a strip to cut yet, nothing out of the ordinary happened. I went down to band concert to-night. Cool. |
Friday August 20th | Friday August 20th | ||
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| + | We finished cutting the oats to-day. It took longer to cut the piece with the wsater holes in it than it did the others as Frank had to cut around them so that by the time we got the five loads in the corner field cut and the binder loaded and put away it was about quitting time. Dad. and I kept them sjocked up as they were cut. Fine day | ||
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| + | Saturday August 21st | ||
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Tuesday August 17th
The Millman's left for home this morning about 9 o'clock and took Enah with them to Brantford where she spent the after noon with Aunty Maude coming down on the five o'clock car, she said Aunty Maude was looking fine and expected to come home this week. Dad. Frank and I spent the remainder of the fore noon separating the ewes & lambs and marking the ewes we wanted to keep We picked out 13 of the ones we considered the best & the three best looking lambs, and we put the lambs and rams over in the front pasture west of the house and left the ewes in the orchard. This after noon we got the binder out and started to cut the barley in the corner field it is crinkled down and there is a lot of green stuff in it so it looks miserable, we didn't cut it out separately from the oats in the other end of the field but cut straight through. We didn't get much more than well started to-day as it was late when we got out. I went down town to-night with some cream for Aunty and spent most of the evening with Roy & Quint who were fitting a pipe in Quint's new launch. Cooler looks rainy.
Wednesday August 18th
We cut oats all day, finished the strip in the corner field and started in on the barley and oats along the side road, but still have the five or six loads in the corner field that were latest sowed to cut yet. Billy Mills came over after dinner and borrowed the rack to haul alsike. He delayed me quite a bit as I had to help him put off the hay that was on it. Roy was over for awhile this evening and spent the whole time trying to prove to Frank something about a kite he is making for Tid. but I guess he failed in the attempt. Cooler but looks rainy.
Thursday August 19th
Still cutting oats, got on fairly well to-day but have quite a strip to cut yet, nothing out of the ordinary happened. I went down to band concert to-night. Cool.
Friday August 20th
We finished cutting the oats to-day. It took longer to cut the piece with the wsater holes in it than it did the others as Frank had to cut around them so that by the time we got the five loads in the corner field cut and the binder loaded and put away it was about quitting time. Dad. and I kept them sjocked up as they were cut. Fine day
Saturday August 21st
