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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1915

Toby Barrett 1915 Diary 141.pdf

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Said. Davis, May Perry & Gladys Fischer came over with her after church. It has been cloudy and cold all day.

Monday November 15th

Dad. got a good day in plowing to-day but didn't quite finish the oat stubble. I spent most of the morning tidying up the rubbish between the wood shed and the shop and cleaned the windows and swept down the cobwebs in the cow horse stable. This after noon I chopped down the rest of the cherry trees which were along the plum orchard fence and started to get a trench dug for my hedge Holly Bush came in to-night to get a loaf of bread. He brought Enah over a sack of flour the other day to have her bake a loaf or two of bread a week. Very windy and cold all day. It snowed a little and is freezing hard to-night.

Tuesday November 16th

This morning as it was pretty cold I got Dad. to help me move the colony house It took quite awhile to get it on the skids but once it was loaded it slid along in fine shape. We put it in the yard where we set out the raspberries. Dad. went right back and plowed when we got it over and has plowed all after noon. He finished the oat stubble and got started to plow in the weeds. I separatwed the cickens put the pullets in where the cockrels are were as that is to be their winter quarters, put the cockrels in where the old hens were and put the old hens in the colony house. I then ran the wagon out of the shed and started to pick up some apples off the ground in the orchard for cider. I picked all the after noon but didn't htet the wagon box full. It was milder to-night but was snwing quite hard about dark.

Tuesday Wednesday November 17th

Quint came obver woith Dick

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