May 1913

May 2 Boys finished seeding except few wet spots they began to roll W. very fine Cool air I am feeling pretty well

3 Boys rolled A cleaned up garden awhile PM W Quite warm Teenie Stover & her sister Katy Lehman were here to dinner

Sunday 4 all went to Meeting at Hebron except I J & Willis Willis has a boil on his nose Sacrament was administered today Henry's Peter Nighswander & Lucinda Reesor & Martin Ramer were here to dinner Daniels & Joe's Called PM W. pretty warm partly Cloudy I feel a little better but did not venture to go to Meeting

5 Boys finished roling J harrowed field north of the Meeting house W. pretty warm partly cloudy

6 A dug garden J ganged in root ground north of Meeting house Dr Dales called PM Susanna had a bad spell W. Clear turned quite cool pretty strong NW wind PM

7 J ganged A brought load of chop & dug garden PM he harrowed awhile AM W. pretty Cold NE wind fine & clear

8 J ganged A dug garden & went for Chop & went to Ceder Grove 17 doz Eggs @ 17 cts per doz W partly cloudy quite Cool

9 J finished ganging & harrowing the root ground A took grist drew home some wood & worked in garden W. quite Cool strong north wind we turned the young Cattle inot the root field the grass is all started trees in bloom bush green but it is in a stand still the last few days on account of the cold air

10 J took old Horse Chief to Stouffville he sold him @ $70.00 A took grist Chop & Made garden W. Mostly cler quite cold raw wind Ice formed last night

Whit Sunday 11 at home Falvius's Amelia Ernie, Carl & Eva & Joe & Anne were here to dinner W. fine Cler quite Cool some white frost last night

Whit Monday 12 Boys didnt keep a holiday J worked on the root ground A went to Markham with Elias AM he brought a few Tiles from Cherrywood & chored PM W. pretty cler Cool SW wind

13 Boys sowed the mangels I & Nancy went to Flavius to a splendid dinner of Trout they were at Ringwood yesterday & he Caught a fine lot some of them 9 inches long W. mostly cler cold wind from SW a light rain last night Just enough to lay the dust

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May 1913

May 14 A drew dung on Potato ground in root field J sowed corn W. cler Cool SW air I & Nancy went to Elias's AM to see their nice fat Baby girl born last evening both quite smart 15 J took cream

15 J Plowed Potatoe ground A took grist Chop & took 17 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove @ 17 cts per doz they carried apple barrels out of Cellar & helped girls clean cellar W. strong S East wind cloudy Cool all day

16 A took grist & then they Chored W. not so Cold a very fine rain last night some pretty heavy thunder the grass growing fine Boys brought a load of gravel to end of lane from Collins Pit AM

17 J took cream A took Susanna to Dr Dales AM they brought load Clover from Benj'n & began to Build a Chicken house for young Chicks PM W. fine Mostly cler still a Cool Air

Sunday 18 at home J A & Anne went to David Groves to dinner W. partly clear a little distant thunder over the lake after dinner & a short shower

19 Boys worked at Chicken house J brought some shingles from Locust Hill Davids were here to dinner then they went to Joes & Elias's Nancy went with them I went about 4PM & brought her home W. fine Cler rain Cold wind

20 A took 5 hogs 1100 & 10 lbs to Locust Hill for Shank @ 9.40 per Cwt this morning then he worked at Chicken house I took Nancy to see Aunt Lizzie PM She is pretty smart J stabbed a nail into his Knee he is pretty lame but he planted some Early Potatoes & beans W. fine Cler sun warm but Cool air

21 Boys worked at Chicken house W. Cloudy strong East wind rain off & on nearly all day a very little distant thunder air Cool

22 J went to Locust Hill for some sheeting for Chicken house AM he took 17 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove PM @ 18 cts & harrowed corn PM A worked at Chicken house W. foogy awhile this Morning partly cler air fine & warm

23 Boys worked at Chicke house I went to Joes AM from some Plants & Susannas bread AM W pretty cloudy pretty warm J finished harrowing the corn it is coming well

24 at home J Harrowed corn & went to Ceder Grove A went fishing to Dead water with Flavius & Hermans he got a mess of fine Catfish W. partly Clear Cool Air

Sunday 25 at home Christian Stover & wife from Church Street Markham were here to dinner Frank Barkey was here to supper W. Bright Clear Cool

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