In the year of his 21st birthday, Floyd Morehouse (my grandfather) kept a written log of his daily activities. My intent is to post them here through the year.
For previous posts, see:
JanuaryFebruary
MarchAprilMayThe most interesting news event of June, 1920 was -
Sunday 13: The United States Postal Service rules that children may not be sent via parcel post.
Also in June 1920 - the Spanish flu pandemic ended, an estimated 20 to 100 million died world wide by the time it ended.
Dayly doings.
Jun-20
1 plowed buckwheat ground,
went over to willie's and got plow.
2 went to knoxville in forenoon.
Draw load hay, raked stones out of road
spread manure, set telephone pole, worked at shop
3 plowed buckwheat ground,
sent 4 cans of milk today for the first.
4 went to knoxville, plowed buckwheat ground
5 papered the bedroom down stair.
6 went down to Joes in afternoon
got butter
7 plowed buckwheat ground,
set out tomato plants.
8 Finished plowing buckwheat ground
cultivated some corn, went to knoxville and
to Cownesque after cabbage plants.
9 Cultivated corn, leveled buckwheat ground
willie came over at night. Got 4 1/2 bushel
of oats by measure.
10 Finished leveling buckwheat ground
drew 2 load manure, 2 load of timber.
11 went to knoxville, worked at shed.
12 worked at shed, fixed auto tire
13 went down to Tompkins to Byron Holleys
wait came over got 9 1/2 bu. oats.
quicks folks were over
14 worked at shed.
15 worked at shed, cultivated corn
16 worked at shed, drew up load hay.
went after check, went to knoxville.
17 Cleaned chamber, worked on shed
trimmed paper, hulled strawberries.
18 went to town after shingles & windows
worked on shed, built fence
19 Shingled house, willie resue helped 1/2 day.
20 I went down to see Clarice we went
wintergreen beeriying, my folks picked strawberries.
21 picked and hulled strawberries
cultivated corn and potatoes.
22 Dragged buckwheat ground
cultivated corn, picked strawberries
23 Dragged buckwheat ground, went to town
worked at shed, went over to Willies after mail.
24 picked and hulled strawberries put spring
in car, went to Troupsburg.
25 went over to Joe's got butter, worked at shed
wait came over got 7 bu. oats $1.30 per bu.
26 worked at shed, drew load hay
load lumber, put in garden, went to woodhull
27 Clarice and I went to Harrison Valley.
My people went over to Resues.
28 sowed and dragged in 7 bu. buckwheat
rolled some of the ground, Mama picked and
hulled strawberries. I worked some in garage.
29 Finished draging and rolling buckwheat.
george resue and birtie and their wives
were down. Clarice was up went strawberrying.
30 Fixed hay rigging. Drew load hay.
picked strawberries Clarice was up.
strawberring, went to knoxville and
to Church at night.
The fall colors are beginning to show and though the show happens every year, it is still beautiful to watch as the colors advance. And for those of you BH fans who can't be here and may be in States that are "boring" when it comes to the changing seasons, here's a sampling of what we are seeing this year.
The first three pictures were taken on September 21.
The last three pictures were taken on September 25.
Note the turkeys in the buckwheat.
