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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1927
Franklin McMillan 1927 Diary 6.pdf
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May 6th. Sowed Cauliflower seed 2 oz snowball $5.50 in 8 sashes. Planting strawberries rest of the day
May 7th. Planting strawberries cut first 2 baskets Asparagus shipped to Toronto Sold at $300 {$3.00} per bkt
May 8th Sunday. Cooler again today. strong east winds
May 9th. Thunder shower at 4 a m. and continued raining until nearly noon. Dave Sovereigns big barn burned. cold & cloudy in the afternoon {Side note} Asparagus $2.00 today
May 10th. More Rain this a.m. started at 7 am to 10 a.m. warm this afternoon. planted strawberries. colder again tonight
May 11th & 12th. Still cool & showery finished planting about 6 acres Strawberries
May 13th. Planted Raspberry suckers and started to fill in old strawberry patch
May 14th. showery all day planted a few Strawberries and had a general clean up around the barn & garage
May 15th. Sunday. cold cloudy & some light showers.
May 16th. Finished getting in baskets. have 11 200 - 11 qts in and 12 000 covers starting hoeing cabbages stopped at 5 pm. another big shower.
May 17th. Cool with more rain. Smith off again on a drunk since Saturday