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Sidney Clarence Van Sickle Diary, 1909-1913
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1909.
Daily Record.
Sept 3 Friday, dong chores, harrowing oat slubble & darwed in 2 small loads {fuern?} clover. Della Ross & Hamilton today. Sept 4 Saturday. Cloudy & rainy. Frank away to Brantford, & tinkering around fixing fence washing buggy and is on. got in feed for cattle. went to office & got mail & to meat shop a bot 37.9 worth stake. Ria letter from H.E.P at night.
Sept 5 Sunday. At Home all day went to R. for H.E.P at night. She came home with me.
Sept 6 Monday. Doing chores. Went to Jersey Ville in P.M. Frank done milking at Night. Father came home from 7 o'clock.
Sept 7 Tuesday. Done chores in morning got ready & H.E.P & I went to Toronto Fair. came home at night arrived at 1 o'clock A.M.
Sept 8 Wednesday. doing chores. Harrowing Fall Wheat ground, & took H.E.P home at night.
Sept 9 Thursday. Doing chores finished sowing fall wheat & harrowing F.W.M. away to Toronto Fair. Cool wind wind. & rained at night.
Sept 10 Friday. Doing chores, finished harrowing wheat ground and draw water furrows cleaned some out. 7 Barlou borrowed 10 bushel forces. I sold apples to Q.E Caldwell of Dundas. Freeing at $35 and {afyes?}. Baldwins & Manns at $1.52 also.{Calvorts?} at $1.00 per Barrel. Reel $5.00 on account. Balance to are pair asher apples one delivered at car.
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