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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1913

Toby Barrett 1913 Diary 19.pdf

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much better than ours as they said they only had three loads. I stayed over there to dinner. This afternoon Dad. & Frank fixed up three pens in front of the cow shed for the calves, they had to be separated as they suck each other's ears. & Spot's calf had it's ears frozen last night. I battoned up the door of the horse stable with tar paper and it took me nearly all the after noon. We started separating again this morning. Frank stayed home from school to-day to help Dad. get some of the thrashed blue grass over to the other barn but the wind was too strong. Dick had to go back to work to-night. There was a very cold north wind all day and quite a snowstorm to-night for a while

Thursday February 13th

We didnt get any thing done to-day but chores. I sawed a little wood this after noon & hung around. Aunty went down town to Bible Class. To-night I went down to band practice and got home about half past ten.

It has been cold and very windy all day. The wind got up with the sun and made Dad. feel very cross all day as he wanted to get some to the thrashed blue grass moved to the other barn, and we couldnt with the wind & rough road.

Friday February 14th

We spent our sare tome this oening in fixing a door in the east side of the horse stable loft where we can pitch hay off by hand instead of using the hay fork. This after noon after we had the chores done up we went over and put a load of timothy hay in the rach ready to haul to the gorse stable at the first opportunity as the supply over there is getting low. Harry. Varey drove Mrs. Johnson over to spend the after noon with Enah & he & lan called for her again after tea. Tiddums had colic to day - very wicked Miss Harding was out this after noon to see him. Sunny & Mild with not much wind to-day, very nice day.n

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