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Sidney Clarence Van Sickle Diary, 1909-1913

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1909 Daily Record.

June 10 {Continued from previous page.} Planting potatoes. & plowing this afternoon. Cyrus Knox here with planter. Ed. Vansickle & baggageman here shooting ground-hogs. planted 10 bushel. on 27 rows.

June 11 Friday. doing chores. plowing fodder corn ground. harrowing & discing.

= xx took No 6 Black cow to C. Bayles Bull.

June 12 Saturday. doing chores. discing. draging sowing. & rolling fodder corn. ground. & fixing fence. along lane. Father at Joe Plastows barn raising. nice day. got 48 lbs. seed corn at mill. Paid.

June 13 Sunday. doing chores. went to church morning & evening. walked home from church in morning. with Sara. A. Patterson. rainy in A.M.

June 14. Monday. doing chores. & hoeing potatoes in orchard. all day. A.E.V. had team to draw stuff from station.

June 15 Tuesday. drawing out manure. 19 loads. Bot harness mending out-fit $1.50

June 16 Wednesday. doing chores. & plowing all day. very nice day. Frank & Carrie went to Hamilton. to

XX Fred. Mulhollands wedding. Jean & Baby, & Eva here to-day.

June 17. Thursday. doing chores. mending harness rainy all forenoon. cleaning out calf pen & choreing around in afternoon. Frank Plowing & harrowing. turnip G. Recd card from Charlie. H.E.P. from Waterdown.

June 16 Guy Smith & miss Weaver. married.

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