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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1925
Franklin McMillan Diary 1925 17.pdf
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April 19th Sunday. heavy rain in the night. cloudy. showery & cold North East wind this morning also had a snow storm & Blizzard this evening. about an inch iof snow
April 20th unloading 3rd car of manure for hotbeds. weather cold with East wind. froze ice this morning
April 21st Finished makeing hot beds & putting on earth. cold yet.
April 22nd men hauling brush. I was weeding peppers & planted 2 ozs Cauliflower seeds in 8 sashes.
April 23rd. Finished hauling brush. some job. chrissies brother buried today.
April 24th. cold East wind again today planted 8 sashes Cucumbers in sod. about 7 ozs seed (SB - Perfection) also 8 sashes melons. took about 10 ozs seed. but think we put too many in. they say 5 seeds in a sod is enough.
April 25 Very warm just like Summer, put out 10 000 Cabbages wilted bad. too hot a day I guess. growers slain every thing cheap Lettuce Radishes & Rhubarbs hard to sell.
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