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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1923
Frank McMillan 1923 Diary 22.pdf
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June 12th. Finished spraying at noon took 22 tanks 3 1/2 Gals Lime Sulphur to the tank. and 5 1/2 lbs Lead Powder Cultivating Tomatoes this afternoon first I have done for years.
June 13th. Cultivating carrots hand Cultivator & 3 horses cultivating tomatoes & strawberries
June 14th. Finished carrots arms nearly broken. men hoeing & cultivating only have two men this week one left last Saturday.
June 15th Hoeing Cabbages sowed Oats & Clover in orchard
June 16th. Hoed Cauiflower & Cabbages. and put on 500 lbs 5-10-5 Fertilizer on Tomatoes.
June 17 Sunday Fine & warm had Mr & Mrs B & Dean out.
June 18th Planted Cucumbers and a few Pumpkins & squash. started weeding Carrots
June 19th Weeding carrots - and mowed some Clover Hay. had a light shower will do the strawberries a lot of good. they are getting pretty dry.
June 20. Very warm fixing up houses for berry pickers
June 21 Motored to Munsety Reservation the other side of London - about 105 there got lost coming home drove 235 in all. got about 15 pickers very warm up there had alight shower here
June 22nd Picked first strawberries 48 crates sold 11 @ 25¢ shipped 25 north at 23¢