August 1921

SUNDAY 7

Bill Garo andMaggie Happen here for dinner and lea. Maggie stayed. Brock to lawn at night.

MONDAY 8

Finished cutting barley and started in back 14 ac. nech M. Eaing home shacking. Windy and dull at times.

TUESDAY 9

Finished cutting back 14ac Worked late. Lorne shacking. Fine and warm.

WEDNESDAY 10

Cutting field nech Jack. Very badley dawn home shacking. Watto man here haeing turn it to all day. Ma look Maggie down to cemetary and over to Mr. Mitchell and stayed for dinner. Here Gordon and Uncle Rich here for dinner. Ma look him down lawn about fine. Cloudy like rain and warm.

Transcription Tips

• Follow the example of transcribing provided in the first few PDF files of this diary.
• Click Edit when you’re ready to start transcribing.
• Click Detach to move the transcription box to a convenient location.
• Copy the text as it is, including misspellings and abbreviations.
• Start each new day with a new line. Otherwise ignore spacing and alignments.
• Use toolbar heading options for any headings in the text, i.e. diary titles.
• Use toolbar table generator for any tables in the text, i.e. finance records.
• Use toolbar comment option to add your own comments, i.e. illegible text or uncertain names or description of drawings.
• Use toolbar stroke through text option to transcribe crossed-out text.
• When done press "Save Transcription" to save your work.
• Note: If a line on one page appears to carry over on the same line on the next page, please check the next page and (if applicable) transcribe both pages together as if they are one page. Type your unified transcription under the first of the two pages.
• View more transcription tips.(Opens in new tab)