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Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Diary, 1928

Gertrude Brown Hood Diary, 1928_165.pdf

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Friday, Novermber 2 Weather, Cloudy + mild Norm cultivated with spring tooth most of day + then drew out some manura Fred cultivated in morning with tractor outfit + in afternoon burned Twitch grass + dug out thrww stones Churned 43 lbs butter in morning Filled chop bins, after dinner Oil truck was in + filled up cans Jim Allen brought four ton of coal Keith + Bettie stayed for supper

Saturday, november 3 Weather, East rain + cloudy all day Market day. Produce from farm Butter 43 lbs Cream 10 pts Eggs 4 doz house radish Poulty 2 roosters Pumpkins Norm went to city with ne also {?} Fred did chores + ploughed Helped pack up at the store at night for hunting trip

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