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William John "Willy" Little Diary, 1914-1925

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Monday, July 20

June 4th Sold to W.C. Coates, Paris 2 bags seed potatoes @ $1.00 $2.00
.. .. Bought 2 bags O. chop $1.60 3 bags corn chop $8.25 $9.85
.. .. 1 pr. overalls 1.00. 2 agd. table oil-cloth 20 groceries 1.20 2.90
.. .. Sold 12 2/3 dz eggs & 20c $2.30 2 qts milk 10c 2.62
.. .. paints & oil $1.15 stamps 15c co 25c stamps 10c 1.60
.. 8th 9 dz eggs @ 20c & 1.80 milk 20c 2 dz eggs 30c milk 20c 2.60
.. 10 .. Sold 11 hogs weighing 2130lbs @ $7.70 per cut 164.07
.. .. 30 rods 8 wire fence @ 29c $8.70 15lbs greystone T. seed 40c 9.10
.. .. 10 bags of oats chop @ $1.50 per cut 11.15
.. .. groceries 45c milk powder 65c {?} R. 25c fish 25c 1.20
.. 11 .. Paid Mrs M.B. Gullen on legacy 150.00
S.G. Reed rent of pasture on Cunningham farm. 15.00
.. .. 200 S.S. Convention Programes - 4.50
.. .. Fruit 90c meat 30c toll 10c Butter $1.30 2.68
.. 13 .. 2 dz eggs 40c 3 dz eggs 60c 1.00
.. .. Mike $3.00 Dave Currie for herding cows 1 week $1.50 45
.. .. Bread 15c Fish 40c meat 45c 3gal coal oil 54c 1.54
16 Creamery cheque for may 35
.. .. 3 dz eggs 60 2 chickens 50c 1 dz eggs 20c milk 15c 1.45
.. .. Co 60c postage 10c co 15c Tom 75c groceries 25c 1.85
19 mike $5.00 {stain?} shod (2 new shoes) 70c 1 cut salt 45c 6.15
.. 22 5 dz eggs @ 20c $1.00 1 bus {O. 8. C.NON?} Oils R. Stayler 3.00
.. .. 1100 lbs of Oat chop @ $1.50 16.50
1 can buggy paint 60c 1 pail lard 20 lb & 16 1/2c $3.50 3.90

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