July Aug 1914

much in Hebron & Cherrywood

28 J took grist Chop this Morning then he finished cutting field north of Meeting house A & Susanna went to Markham to Dentist AM A shocked grain PM W. Cooler East wind Mostly clear

29 I & Nancy went to Br N's Lizzie to dinner Boys took in last of Fall Wheat 2 loads then they cut over half of Pea & Oat field NE Corner field W. fine Cler cool Air warm rain

30 Boys helped Benj'n with team drawing in Wheat I & Nancy & Susanna went to Henry's to dinner W. fine Clear Air from East

31 Boys & Benj'n drew in Barley about 6 loads they finished cutting Mixed Peas & Oats & began behind barn W. pretty warm partly cloudy I went to Ceder Grove AM I took 17 doz Eggs @ 22 cts per doz

August 1st Boys Finished Cutting oats behind barn about 4 PM except about 10 Minute work when heavy thunder storm stopped them very heavy thunder strong wind north of us a nice shower the storm was strong at Benj'ns & further north it blew down a whole field of grain shocks at Benj'ns

Sunday Aug 2 I & Nancy & Susanna went to Elias's to dinner J & A went to Henry's to dinner W. not so warm some distant thunder PM some nice steady rain PM Willis came with the boys he will stay

3 Boys finished Cutting the harvest field below garden & East of Orchard W. cler Cool Air

4 Boys chored & let water out of Barnyard AM they drew dung onto Knoll with 3 teams Benj'n helped I & Nancy went to Cedar Grove PM W. fine clear

5 Boys helped Benj'n draw in with team AM A helped Thomas thresh PM J got barn ready for us to thresh tomorrow I asked P Gates to help W. clear warm air Cool Air from East

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Aug 1914

Stivens Machine Came this evening he bought our syndicate Machine & he will run it in this Neighbourhood

6 threshed AM fine crop of Fall Wheat very good sample & a load of Oats & some barley then they drew in a lot of oats Benj'n & his men helped W. pretty warm light wind from East

7 Boys drew in grain Benj'n & Men helped with team I went to Ceder Grove PM I took 12 doz Eggs @ 22 cts per doz we Called Dr Dales he came this evening Nancy is not well she is the same that she was when she was sick the last time Henry's all Called awhile this evening W. very warm Air from south & East there is a terrible war going on in Europe about all the Nations are mixed up in it bad the worst of it is that Great Britain & Germany are opposed to each other

8 Boys helped Benj'n draw in AM they drew in at home PM I took grist Chop to Davids with Horse Major this Morning W. pretty warm foggy & dull smoky Nancy is pretty smart

Sunday 9 A & Amelia went to Meeting at Widemans nobody here till about 4 PM a whole Auto Car full came from Markham H Wilson & Mrs Wilson & some More they staid about an hour W. quite warm a fine Breeze from East

10 Boys helped Benj'n to finish drawing in grain then Benj'n helped finish drawing in last of ours PM W. quite warm a very light little rain & a few claps of thunder last night looked a litle showery today J brought a bag of salt from Locust Hill this morning

11 J helped Alick Milroy thresh AM A took grist Chop AM & drew some dung onto Knoll AM J spread dung PM Amelia & Susanna went to Markham

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