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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1914
Toby Barrett 1914 Diary 73.pdf
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piece for corn. This after noon Dad. & Huby went down town. They got Joe shod at Joe Howells and put in a big load of shaving to put in the ditch over the tile so Dad. didn't get home till about six. It has been very hot all day but breezy, cool to-night.
Friday May 29th
I disked all day on the corn ground and got all over it by to-night, and started to straddle the furrows Dad brought the harrows out and worked for a xouple of hours beofre dinner. This afternoon he went back and borrowed a set of threee horse eveners from John Wess McBride. John Wess was just ready to shear sheep so Dad stayed and watched him for awhile. Huby laid the tile in the ditch as fas=r as rthe chicken house which is far as it is leveled and covered them with shavings and got most of the earth shovelled in Cars. Rankin brought a couple of girls over in his automobile to see Bluch this after noon. I ddn;t get up till five this morning I put the clock unde the bed where I could grtab it and consequently went to sleep again. Dick tells us that Norm. Brock is the latest purchaser of a car and Mr. Johnsons father gave him one. Very hot to-day but noce breeze
