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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1916
Theobald Toby Barrett 1916 Diary 143.pdf
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the piece. Ben Ivey was over with one of his horses this morning which has a very bad case of Fistulas Withers Dad. opened it for him but says he is afraid the horse is ruined I took Joe and Belle over and borrowed Ben's little orchard disks and worked up a piece on the north end of last years barley stubble which was plowed last fall and again this spring and which we never got our buckwheat in on for my experimental plots.
I got the from the Experimental Union this fall seed of winter Emmer and Wimter Barley & I worked up nicley but will need harrowing and rolling to smash the lumps. The rollwer os out of commission and I was goimng to take the harrows out this after noon but couldn't find any doubletrees except the ones on the waggon and I didn't have a cjoice that wuld fit them so i finished disking it crosswise and left it. Frank worked all day for Ben and got fifteen dollars from him to-night ben paid him two dollars a day Enah and the baby went down town this after noon Zeitha walked home before dinner. Flossie Shand wa sin this morning and invited Dad. and Enah to gowoth them in their car to visit Maimie to-morrow. Warmish
