1919

April 14th Drew manure to the garden & cleaned out the closet.

- 16 - A very wet day, turning nice near evening.

- 17 - Went to Paris for Edith + Leone where they had stayed at Grandpa Lees for a few days

- 18 - Good Friday and a very nice day

- 19 - Don & Jack Gullen came up for the holidays & F. Archibald from Hamilton

- 22 - Harrowed creek field and started to cultivate in back field for oats

- 25 - A very cold wind yesterday and to-day, turning to snow to-night. Blew up a big stone in the creek field with stumping powder

- 27 - Don & Jack Gullen went home in the evening

- 28 - Duncan & Aunt Susie Miller came for a visit

- 29 - Dan came at noon, to start to work

- 30 - Sowed No 72 Oats in back ten acre field.

May 1st. A wet day, drew a load of sawdust from Ronald bush.

- 2nd. Finished sowing mixed grain in 3 acre field?

- 3 & 4 Some very heavy rains which kept the seeding back

- 5th. Went to Jim Aitkins for a load of straw in forenoon and rolled hay field & started to plant early potatoes. Went to meeting of Programe committee @ {St George.

- 7 - Sold 7 hogs at Glenmorris 1370 lbs @ 20 3/4c per lbs?}

- 8 - Finished sowing mixed grain in creek field

- 9 - Sowed Oats, barley?} & sugar - cane on acre back of driving shed

- 10 - A very wet day. Cleaned and oiled the heavy harness. Sent out report form to the different S.S.'s

- 14 - Finished cultivating & rolling the corn & mangel ground. Black sow had 9 nice little red & Black pigs. White cow had a roan calf

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