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William John "Willy" Little Diary, 1914-1925
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Sunday Feburary 1
1915
Apr 10th. Hitched the colt "Prince" and rolled the young orchard also drove to St Geoge to get a new sett of team harnesss from Mr Bannister for forty dollars.
" 11. Mr & Mrs Buchanan came down from Galt for dinner.
" 12&13 Put up new wire fence of west side of south lane. Sold "Bob" horse to Mae Boston of Glen Morris for $40.00 Sett 8 hens on fifteen eggs each all R. I. Reds.
" 14. Started to cultivate in creek field.
" 16. Sell 1 goose on 13 eggs & 3 hens with 15 or five each.
" 19. Mr Levi Shanty came down from Galt to put on newmetal roof on south side of pig-pen and repair the barn roof.
19-20 Mr Heath came out from Paris to repair pumps and to plaster the house and barn cisterns. Made a new stone boat
21st. Went to Paris in the evening to get seeds from Keiths had tea with Mr & Mrs Coates and attended an S.S. Executive Metting in the Baptist church to arrange for their coming Convention.
22nd Finished sowing back 12 a ere field with Oats (No 72) 1 3/4 bus of registered seed next the road.
24th. Finished sowing Alaska Oats about 4 acres, also barley on the rest of the creek field. Sowed Experimental plots of oats next brook and the road. 1 plot each (1 lb) of O.A.C. No 72.No.3 to Alaska. Received fruit trees from Winona Nursery.