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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 from the Experimental Union this fall seed of winter Emmer and Winter Barley It worked up nicely but will need harrowing and rolling to smash the lumps. The roller is out of commission and I was going to take the harrows out this after noon but couldn't find our doubletrees except the ones on the waggon and I didn't have a clevise that would 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 was in this morning and invited Dad. and Enah to go with them in their car to visit Maimie to-morrow. Warmish

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