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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1917
Theobald Toby Barrett 1917 Diary 69.pdf
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Alice and came back after dinner. Enah and the baby went down with him and he left them at Mrs. Woodson's on his way back as she arrived here Saturday. I spudded thistles in the peas this morning, there are not many of them but they are in one or two patches through the field. Dad. ditched and went back to see if Ivey's line fence in the gully was alright. He went out and gathered up the coils of barbed wire along the road and as Tom was just coming back with the cream can while he was out there he brought them up for him. Dad. and I had our lunch alone and after in we went back with a couple of coils of barbed wire and finished stretching it on John Wess' line, we also put in a post along the fence between the wheat and pasture field Dad. turned the cattle in on that field this morning. It was about half past four when we got back to the house but as Frank was home and had things ready he and I made another post. Ham Thompson was in to-night to get some lime sulphur and told me he wanted to spray to-morrow. Fine and hot to-day.
Tuesday June 12th
I went up to Ham's about half past seven this morning and was up there rtill the middle of the after noon and we got all over the orchard both sides The wind wasn't very strong but we didn't make
